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On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 21:31, Jim Adney wrote: > On 30 May 2005 at 12:43, Russ Wolfe wrote: > > > Are you sure you are not over tightening them?? 108 ft lbs. > > I don't think I have ever stripped the threads on lug bolt. I have seen > > them stripped in the hub. > > Even less: 92 ft-lbs. > > I've never seen a bolt strip either. 92 (94) on the 5 bolt Bus, 108 on the T-3 according to my 1972 Without Guesswork. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~