SMU - SECTION 3C - STEERING KNUCKLE TO STRUT ASSY. BOLTS

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SUBJECT: SECTION 3C - STEERING KNUCKLE-TO-STRUT ASSEMBLY BOLTS TORQUE CHANGE

MODELS: 1992-95 CHEVROLET LUMINA APV 1992-95 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE 1992-95 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT

THIS BULLETIN CONTAINS REVISIONS TO SECTION 3C. A NEW TORQUE VALUE HAS BEEN RELEASED FOR THE VEHICLES STATED ABOVE FROM THE YEARS 1992 THROUGH 1994 WHICH REVISES CALLOUT 6 IN FIGURE 5, SECTION 3C OF THE SERVICE MANUAL. THE NEW TORQUE VALUE WENT FROM 190 N.M (140 LB.FT.) TO 170 N.M (125 LB.FT.).

A NEW TORQUE VALUE HAS ALSO BEEN CHANGED FOR THE 1995 VEHICLES STATED ABOVE FOR THE SAME BOLT. THE NEW TORQUE VALUE FOR THE 1995 VEHICLE IS 215 N.M (159 LB.FT.).

PLEASE UPDATE YOUR SERVICE MANUAL.

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