Hi all, Please see the attached torque figures for the various suspension components on Fabia Mk3 (NJ). 

 

Front and rear diagrams from workshop manual.

 

Thought may come in handy for everyone. 

 

Just one observation, I have the official VW workshop manual for the equivalent Polo and when checking both 2010>2014 and 2015>2018, the torque for the subframe securing bolts are 70Nm +90deg which is a less than the above torque of 70Nm + 180deg - I wonder if that is an error, all the other torques with have "+90deg" are the same for the Polo of the same age, as are the "40Nm + 45deg" - strange.

 

Edit:- both cars use the same 4 bolts for securing the subframe to the body, by the way.

Edited 24 April, 20224 yr by rum4mo
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16 hours ago, rum4mo said:

Just one observation, I have the official VW workshop manual for the equivalent Polo and when checking both 2010>2014 and 2015>2018, the torque for the subframe securing bolts are 70Nm +90deg which is a less than the above torque of 70Nm + 180deg - I wonder if that is an error, all the other torques with have "+90deg" are the same for the Polo of the same age, as are the "40Nm + 45deg" - strange.

 

Edit:- both cars use the same 4 bolts for securing the subframe to the body, by the way.

Hi buddy, you're possibly right. Though I'd have thought 40nm for a subframe to be a bit low. I'm no expert mind and always consider manuals to be taken as guidance, not the be all and end all.

 

Your input and feedback is much appreciated. All here to help each other after all 🙂

Edited 24 April, 20224 yr by CReese123

No, no, either I've written it wrongly/badly or you have read it wrongly, the 70Nm is correct for the 4 main subframe fixings, it is the additional angle that I was commenting on, I only mentioned the"40Nm" setting as its additional angle is the same as the Polo one, ie "+45 deg" - that was all.

 

It would be good for everyone if both of us had found the same figure for the subframe bolts.

 

I've found this in the past when comparing an Ibiza torques with a same age Polo, and questioned Haynes about it but they said that they were quoting the official VW workshop manual - at that time they had not published a repair manual for the same age Ibiza - and that question was for the torque for the nuts on the control arm swivels, which at that time, a few years ago, were a lot higher than the torque listed in your diagram above - but now the official VW workshop manual gives the same torque as your diagram above, which is 40Nm +45 deg. Maybe, just maybe, at that time a single figure was given instead of the now an initial torque figure and an additional 45 deg tightening.

 

My interest in the torque for these 4 subframe fixings comes from "just happening" to find the head of one of these bolts on my garage floor - and no one other than the assembly line in South Africa will have touched these bolts from July 2015 build until now, but that is another story, bolts and re-alignment will take place later this week!

Edited 24 April, 20224 yr by rum4mo
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