SMU - SECTION 3C - FRT. WHEEL DRIVE SHAFT NOT TORQUE VALUE. Buick Century 1994

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SUBJECT: SECTION 3C - FRONT WHEEL DRIVE SHAFT NUT TORQUE VALUE

MODELS: 1992-94 BUICK CENTURY 1992-94 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS CIERA

THIS BULLETIN CONTAINS REVISIONS TO SECTION 3C. IN THE 1992 THROUGH THE 1994 "A" BODY SERVICE MANUAL THERE WERE TWO TORQUE VALUES FOR THE FRONT WHEEL DRIVE SHAFT NUT. IN SECTION 3C THE TORQUE VALUE IS 238 N.M (176 LB. FT.) AND IN SECTION 4D IT STATES A TORQUE VALUE OF 140 N.M (103 LB. FT.) + 20 DEGREES.

THE CORRECT TORQUE VALUE IS 140 N.M (103 LB. FT.) + 20 DEGREES AS NOTED IN SECTION 4D. PLEASE REVISE TORQUE VALUE FOR SECTION 3C SERVICE MANUAL.

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