Anyone have the 1965 December Olds Service Guild publication? If you do, could you check the section on pg 98 referring to the Toronado axle torque for me? I'm suspecting the '66 CSM has incorrect values for the axle torque and I'm wondering if this service guild clarifies the proceedure. I found a snap shot of that issue and noticed the table of contents references the axle torque for the Toro.

 

I think I have them all for 6r…but I’m in Miami for the next couple days.

 

Thank you sir!

 

I have it but I'm also out of town until late Saturday.

 

Thanks everyone, appreciate you checking if you get a chance. Cheers! I've actually purchased a 1965 set off of Ebay but it will be some time before it arrives up here to Canada. It had more Toronado information in it than I was anticipating.

 

Just following up on this to see if anyone has had a chance to check the information in the service guild for me? Thanks again!

 

Well I just took care of this myself.

So if anyone out there has a 1966 Toronado and you've been playing around with your front axles or front wheel bearings the torque spec in the CSM is VERY wrong. The December issue of the 1965 Service Guild addresses this with the correct spec of 110 ft-lbs minimum and NOT the 65 ft-lbs called out in the '66 CSM. The nut should be torqued to 110 ft-lbs and if you cannot get the cotter pin through, you must tighten to align it rather than loosen.

This is right out of the Oldsmobile Service Guild and I knew something was wrong here, I just couldn't prove it until now. All this time I didn't know there was Toronado information in the 1965 publications but it makes sense, I suppose, considering some would have been produced towards the end of '65 with the '66 models coming out that Fall.