I've watched the U Tube videos about how to replace the two transmission mounts on the driver's side of the car and the one motor mount located under the airbox. But the video for the one under the air box didn't include the torque specs for the two 15mm bolts and the one 18mm long bolt. I've looked on the internet and other than buying a manual, can't find them. Would appreciate any help.

 

2WD: See Engine mount w torque specs

4WD: See the same

There is a TSB: something about a revised engine mount sealing procedure.

You'll see it when you go to the link above.

Charm.li is a collection/archive of many field service manuals for older vehicles
Totally free.

If this is not the amount you are looking for, just say so and I will dig some more. Or you can too.

 

Thanks. As I study it, the bracket to the frame rail is 81 ft lbs, whereas the mount to the engine is 37 ft pounds. However, it doesn't give a torque for the large 18mm bolt that goes through the engine mount. Any thoughts?

 

If 81 is good enough to attach it to the frame rail, the I think 80 should be good for that bolt. BUT, I'm not a mechanic. I'm just telling you what I would do. I've been working on my own cars for 53 years.

 

That bolt, which is 18mm, goes through the rubber mount and holds it in place. there are 'ears' that stick up that the bolt goes through that would break if the bolt is over tightened. So, the only function of the bolt is to keep the rubber mount from falling out. Think I'll stick with 37 ft lbs with some lock tight. Thanks for your advice

 

If you can get the part number from a diagram at a site like a GMpartsgiant.com, you can probably use AI to find the torque spec.

 

That's a great idea. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to use AI

 

If you have an Android phone, hold down the middle bottom circle button and it will bring up a prompt. Then hit the microphone button on the keyboard and dictate a sentence into it. Something like

"what is the torque spec for <part number> GM <part description name>2004 Saturn Vue" no <>'s

Or you can type it in once the prompt appears, you click in the box

The benefit of having the part number also means you have the name of the part number as assigned by GM, so you can put that in the search phrase. Easy peasy. You can find all sorts of stuff this way. Sometimes it is dead wrong and if you challenge it that it's dead wrong it will go back and do a better job searching, admit it was wrong, and usually get it right the second time around. The other way I double check it is if it gives me in this case a value for torque, I will type into the regular Google search the GM part number with the torque spec with the units and then hit return. If the torque spec is correct, you'll probably end up with results that include 33 YouTube videos that specify the torque. This should give you confidence that it is correct. No guarantees in life, but hey, take what you can get for a 22 your old vehicle. If that boat is simply a mounting bolt, I might not go quite that high. Start out with something like 20 to 25 foot pounds of torque and see if the vibrations are significant. I'm basing that torque value off the mounting stud nuts for an upper mount on an S Series. If you tighten those too far past the spec, they immediately twist off. Those are the ones that go through the part of the mount that is attached to the rubber isolation section. If you're talking just the bolts that hold the whole mount on, they can be a little tighter. I would say snug and then a little until you find the proper spec, what you will