Miata Mailing List: May 1996, Message #84
sponsored by



     


   From: "Werner Cassel" 
Subject: unbroken crankshaft
   Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 07:42:46 -0400

Jeannie,

please try:
Cassel@papin.hrz.uni-marburg.de
Should work ?!

Crankshaft content:
Red 91A, no AC
Crankshaft changed at 60,000 mls
Crankshaft seal untouched
Did all work myself.

Current mileage 76,000 mls, everything seems fine.

I looked into the Workshop Manual (brown, for 91s)
recently, and checked which torque is specified for the
crankshaft bolt.
At one place (engine rebuilt), two different torques are mentioned:
80 (or so) and 120, no explanation which should actually be used. In 
other places (on car maintenance, replacement of front oil seal), 
only 120 is mentioned. Weird??!
Thus, performing work according to the WS manual would mean using far 
too high torque on my Miata's classic crankshaft bolt.


 
Werner
Red 91A, Marburg, Germany