Replacing both CV axles and struts, need nut and Bolt torque specs

Tiny
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On the front of my wife’s car listed above. As well as the rear shock. No Haynes Repair manual available and I’m not able to find a reference for the bolt torques specs for reassembly of all the components that will be taken off and replaced. Do you have a website or reference you can point me towards to find torque specs for this car?

Thank you!

-J
Wednesday, January 1st, 2020 AT 2:11 PM

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Tiny
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GM's engineers really like to complicate things. Here's what they list for the axle nut. For most other small cars, 180 foot-pounds is a very common spec.

First Pass.150 Nm (111 lb ft)
Second Pass. Loosen the nut 45 degrees
Final Pass.250 Nm (185 lb ft)

100 foot-pounds for the lug nuts, which is only slightly higher than what is common.

For anything that isn't listed, use common sense or experience. Strut and shock absorber bolt torque isn't real critical, but in some cases they use "torque-to-yield fasteners. Those peel the threads and are supposed to be replaced any time they're loosened, even though the threads look fine.

Happy to know you understand the importance of torque specs. These charts are from AllData. Com. That's one of the sites we use. It is horribly expensive for shops to use every year, but you can buy a subscription for just your car for a year for around $27.00, or for five years, as I recall, for around $45.00.
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Wednesday, January 1st, 2020 AT 2:54 PM
Tiny
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CARADIODOC. Great info. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
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Wednesday, January 1st, 2020 AT 10:14 PM
Tiny
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Here is a video as well to help:

https://youtu.be/zxEwcxS3JDk

Please run down this guide and report back.
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Thursday, January 2nd, 2020 AT 4:29 PM

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