4-Shifter Bolts Spec

[Demoic]

Can anyone tell me what the tightness spec for the 4 bolts that go throw the base of the shifter are? Everyone says not to over tighten them and looking at the shop manual I cannot tell what they exactly call this to determine which spec it is.

Thanks in advance.

 

[stkjock]

curious did you look at the sticky threads at the top of this forum?

http://www.s197forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46880

 

[Demoic]

curious did you look at the sticky threads at the top of this forum?

http://www.s197forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46880

I did. Hence the reason I stated "looking at the shop manual I cannot tell what they exactly call this to determine which spec it is."

 

[stkjock]

I did. Hence the reason I stated "looking at the shop manual I cannot tell what they exactly call this to determine which spec it is."

so this doesn't show it?

http://iihs.net/fsm/?dir=941&viewfile=Gearshift Lever.pdf

 

[Demoic]

so this doesn't show it?

http://iihs.net/fsm/?dir=941&viewfile=Gearshift%20Lever.pdf

No it doesn't, and I checked this prior. It doesn't show removing the shifter base only the rear bushing of the shifter and how it mounts to the transmission.

 

[stkjock]

well than I have no idea what bolts you mean. good luck

 

[Demoic]

well than I have no idea what bolts you mean. good luck

I am referring to the 4 bolts that go down on top of the shifter base plate.

 

[Demoic]

Bump

 

[irishpwr46]

about 4:40 they don't say to torque them to any specific setting but they do say they strip easy

 

[Demoic]

about 4:40 they don't say to torque them to any specific setting but they do say they strip easy

That's what I keep hearing hence the reason I'm trying to find out?

 

[irishpwr46]

im sure if you snug it, youre not going to have to worry about torque specs. youre taking this a bit too seriously

 

[nyuk98GT]

Demoic,

You may not need help with this anymore since it is a few days old but I did a little testing today with my trusty inch-pound torque wrench and a small (1/2" hex head) bolt and nut. Result: 25 to 30 inch-pounds is about "wrist tight" for me (1/4" ratchet). I would not tighten the shifter plate bolts any more than 30 inch-pounds and, IMHO, 25 inch-pounds should be plenty. Use a criss-cross pattern (like tightening lug nuts) so that the plate is drawn down evenly.

HTH,

Chris

 

[Falkinman]

You could also try doing a search on the net for bolt torque specs. You will probably find a chart that shows a torque spec for bolts assorted by size and type but not specific to the application.

 

[frank s]

Once you identify the size of the nt and of the bolt, it's not a long reach to the Old Mechanic's bit of wisdom: it's not arbitrary nor a coincidence that combination wrenches are the length they are. The amount of torque a regular-size, regular-strength person can apply with a given-size wrench is likely to be pretty close to the specifications for the nut/bolt as found in your chart.

 

[lchauvin88]

I would say no more than 10ft pounds if youre threading into steel. If into aluminum probably 5 would be sufficient. Use some copper or synthetic based never seize aswell. This will hopefully help from stripping the threads.

For reference. When I bolted the MGW on my t56 in my old car. I set the torque wrench to 10ft pounds. That was into aluminum and I used copper never seize.

30 inch pounds is roughly 2 and 1/2 ft pounds. My opinion thats not tight enough.