SMU-SEC. 8E -REVISED WIPER ARM TORQUE. Pontiac Firebird 1998

SUBJECT: SERVICE MANUAL UPDATE - SECTION 8E - REVISED WIPER ARM TORQUE NUT SPECIFICATIONS

MODELS: 1998 CHEVROLET CAMARO 1998 PONTIAC FIREBIRD

THIS BULLETIN IS BEING ISSUED TO REVISED THE WIPER TORQUE NUT SPECIFICATIONS IN SECTION 8E OF THE SERVICE MANUAL AS FOLLOWS:

O ON PAGE 8E-11 UNDER "WIPER ARM REPLACEMENT - INSTALL OR CONNECT"

- CHANGE FROM: "TIGHTEN NUT(7) TO 32 N.M (24 LB FT) WHILE HOLDING WIPER ARM"

- CHANGE TO: "TIGHTEN NUT(7) TO 23 N.M (17 LB FT) WHILE HOLDING WIPER ARM"

O ON PAGE 8E-11, IN FIGURE 9 - "WIPER ARM NUT REMOVAL"

- CHANGE FROM: "7 NUT, 32 N.M (24 LB FT)"

- CHANGE TO: "7 NUT, 23 N.M (17 LB FT)"

O ON PAGE 8E-18 UNDER "FASTENER TIGHTENING SPECIFICATIONS"

- CHANGE FROM: "WIPER ARM NUTS (7) . . . . . 32 N.M (24 LB FT)"

- CHANGE TO: "WIPER ARM NUTS (7) . . . . . 23 N.M (17 LB FT)"

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