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winkzoot · 09-13-2011, 01:55 PM

According to the owners manual every 15000 miles I need to "tighten the drive shaft bolts." Can anyone shed some light (picture maybe) of exactly which bolts this is referring to? Also is there a specific torque value?

Vehicle is a 2005 Corrola XRS.

Thanks for the help in advance

bionictony · 09-13-2011, 04:06 PM

drive shaft is the cv axle... so maybe it means the cv axle nut. take off your hub cap or center wheel cap and look at the nut in the middle of the lug nuts. there should be a groove on the axle and the notch should be in the groove. that nut is tightened to 160 ft lb and should not come loose because of the notch also. its a 30mm 12 point nut. i dont think you need to tighten it at all unless you see the notch off the groove.