Diff Torgue

[DCaswell]

Any specific torgue required on diff covers for an 03 :--)

Thanks Guys

dennis

 

[Bob Wagner]

30 ft. lbs

 

[Bertram65]

30 ft/lbs seems way high, I have had my cover off a couple times and I just snug them back on with removable thread lock. A couple people have snapped them off, real pain if that happens.

 

[Punkineater]

I just did mine. Torqued them to 30 ft. lbs, no problems.

 

[Bob Wagner]

I quoted right from the service manual, and yes I do have 2nd and 3rd gen manuals

 

[DCaswell]

Thanks guys, appreciate the help. This sure is a great site.

 

[klenger]

I am in the process of compliling torque data for the 3rd gens and posting it on my website. What I have so far can be seen at http://www.klenger.net/dodge/3rd-gen-reference/torque.html



If anyone has anything to add, please contact me.

 

[rbattelle]

Indeed, the service manual does say 30 ft-lb. Sounds too high to me, too. I used my right-handed torque wrench set on "snug". Never any leaks.



-Ryan

 

[Rosco]

Do what Bertram65 and Rbattelle said. I followed the factory torque setting while replacing the trans pan on my '03 and I snapped off a bolt. When I did the diffs on my '04 I choked the head of the ratchet and snugged them up with no resulting leaks.

 

[ASchwartz]

Mag-Hytec recommends "30 in/lbs" on their diff cover.

 

[Duck]

I snapped the head of a bolt a few weeks back torquing the diff cover to 30 also. Actually, I used the snug-o-meter for the rest of them and if I had to guess, I'd say it auto-set itself to around 20-25