SMU - SECTION 5B2 - REVISED TIGHTENING SPECIFICATIONS. Chevrolet Corvette 1995

SUBJECT: SERVICE MANUAL UPDATE - SECTION 5B2 - REVISED TIGHTENING SPECIFICATIONS FOR CALIPER MOUNTING BRACKET BOLTS

MODELS: 1995-96 CHEVROLET CORVETTE

THIS BULLETIN IS BEING ISSUED TO REVISE THE TIGHTENING SPECIFICATIONS FOR CALIPER MOUNTING BRACKET BOLTS IN TWO AREAS OF SECTION 5B2 OF THE SERVICE MANUAL.

PAGE 5B2-6 OF BOTH THE 1995 AND 1996 SERVICE MANUALS INSTRUCT THE TECHNICIAN TO TIGHTEN "TWO FRONT CALIPER MOUNTING BRACKET BOLTS TO 225 +/- 20 N.M (166 +/- 15 LB FT)". THIS SHOULD READ TIGHTEN "TWO REAR CALIPER MOUNTING BRACKET BOLTS TO 95 N.M (70 LB FT)".

ON PAGE 5B2-10 OF THE 1996 SERVICE MANUAL, THE TIGHTENING SPECS ARE ALSO LISTED AS "FRONT CALIPER MOUNTING BRACKET BOLTS . . . . 225 +/- 20 N.M (166 +/- 15 LB FT)" AND SHOULD READ "REAR CALIPER MOUNTING BRACKET BOLTS . . . . 95 N.M (70 LB FT)".

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