Originally Posted by lemur1987

Just replaced my CV Axle and UCA on my 92 Civic and I am not sure what the torque specs are on all the nuts involved. I searched online and found a few but I figured someone here could guide me in the right direction or provide them if you know. The only nuts I messed with were:

Axle Nut 134 ft lbs

Lug Nuts 80 ft lbs

LCA Front 40 ft lbs through the subframe, 47 ft lbs at the damper fork

Lower Ball 36-43 ft lbs

Upper Ball 29-35 ft lbs

UCA Bushing 20 ft lbs

UCA to Under the Hood 47 ft lbs


I think that's all of them. Not sure which are important to torque or not so any information would be appreciated.

Originally Posted by RonJ@HT

I think the approximation math is probably straightforward.

With the car on flat ground (0-degrees), the rear wheels by definition will bear full load weight (100%).

With the car vertical (90-degrees) with front down and all weight weight on the front wheels, the rear wheels will have no load (0%).

With the car raised 20-degrees in the rear, the rear load weight will be reduced by 20-degrees/90-degrees (~22%). In this case, if each rear wheel bears 500-lbs on flat ground, then they would bear only 390-lbs with the rear raised 20-degrees.

With the car raised 30-degrees in the rear, the rear load weight will be reduced by 30-degrees/90-degrees (~33%). In this case, if each rear wheel bears 500-lbs on flat ground, then they would bear only 333-lbs with the rear raised 30-degrees.

Originally Posted by eHMxhACk

Search the internet for the "helms honda civic service manual" and check out the sixth link down.