2002 Grand Am

[MJBaldwin]

I have came to you guys on a lot of advice and there are always a few people out there that will help you out. Brought the Fiancé's car into get an oil change and they said I needed to change plugs and wires since it hit 100k not long ago as well as fuel filter and front passenger side axle seal. I am wondering if someone can explain the axle seal and fuel filter I am pretty sure I can handle the plugs as I have done those in other things before but one question to ask is there a certain foot lbs that you should torque those down too? I know my 02 f150 has problems with that.

Thank you so much guys in advance!

[Jeremy airjer W]

They are referring to the seal for the axle that is in the transmission. The axle will need to be removed to service the seal. Yes there is a torque spec for the axle nut. Failure to torque it to the correct spec will cause the bearing to fail prematurely.

I can get you that's pec if needed. ( I'm sure it will get posted before I can look it up! )

The fuel filter is is between the fuel tank and the rear axle. Remove the bolt holding the charcoal canister in place, 10 mm socket. Carefully lower the charcoal canister and let it hang. Use a 16mm and a 20mm wrench to loosen the steel line from the filter. The plastic end will have a clip. If its white press the ears closest to the filter in and you will hear the connector release from the line and you can then remove the line from the filter. If it is red, blue, or green than you should see where the top part of the connector clips to itself. Unclip it and flip the end 90 degrees so it is sticking straight up. Push in slightly on both sides and push the connector down. You do not need to remove it all the way from the line. You should feel the line release when you have the clip pushed down enough. You could also have a metal end on a plastic line. If this is the case you will see a black button. In theory that button should push into the line and release the clip. In reality break that black plastic piece and remove it from the line. Then get a quick connect release tool to remove the line from the filter.

[Scott K]

There has been an updated nut for the axle, if you have the new design, it is 173ftlbs. The new design is a single nut.

The old design is 284ftlbs, and the nut is several small nuts lined together and incased into a sleeve like this