"Torque driveshaft bolts"...How?

[Tremelune]

The 2007 V8 Vantage owner's manual says to torque the driveshaft bolts every 2 years or 24k miles. I have the factory manual, but there's no mention of this. Are they talking about the driveshaft inside the torque tube?? I can't imagine they expect people to get in there as often as they bleed brakes...

Am I misunderstanding?

[PatCub]

The drive shaft in the tube does not have any bolts attaching it, I can only assume that it refers to the half shaft mounting bolts.

Edited by PatCub on Thursday 11th February 22:52

Edited by PatCub on Thursday 11th February 22:52

[V8V Pete]

The thing in the torque tube is generally referred to as a prop shaft, not a drive shaft. Drive shafts (half shafts) go from the differential to the wheel hubs.

49Nm is a hell of a torque for a sump plug. Is that real?

[PatCub]

Figures are straight out of Aston Martin workshop manual.

[vernierMike]

V8V Pete said:

The thing in the torque tube is generally referred to as a prop shaft, not a drive shaft. Drive shafts (half shafts) go from the differential to the wheel hubs.

49Nm is a hell of a torque for a sump plug. Is that real?

+1 on both of those, I just nip the sump plug up - seen too many stripped, then it's a helicoil.

[8Tech]

I believe we have another English English/American English anomoly here.

In the UK, we call the shaft from the engine to the transmission/differential a propshaft, and the differential to the wheels, a driveshaft.

I believe in the US, they are both known as driveshafts?