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Old 02-03-2006, 09:18 AM
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DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHY WHEN I WAS TORQING ON THE ROCKER BOLTS ONE SNAPPED BEFORE IT GOT TO THE TORQUE SETTING REQUIRED? I DID DO THEM IN THE SEQUENCE ALSO, AND DOES ANYBODY HAVE THE TORQUE SPECS ON THE HEAD ASSEMBLY MAYBE I GOT BAD INFO THANKS
Old 02-03-2006, 12:25 PM
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Were you confusing "foot/lbs" with "inch/lbs"?
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Those rocker bolts arent ment to be torqued anymore then maybe 15lbs tops.

What torque were you told and where did you get that info from?
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it said 16 ft pounds so thats what i tightened them to and i got 2 down to 16 and the third one broke on me, on 2 different occasions
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Luserkid &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Those rocker bolts arent ment to be torqued anymore then maybe 15lbs tops.

What torque were you told and where did you get that info from? </TD></TR></TABLE>

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16 ft lbs in the helms manual
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