I was wondering how tight you should tighten the lock nut whenever you adjust the valves. Do you guys just hand tighten it or use a trq wrench?

 

Hand tightened here.

Good question.

 

There is a torque spec but I don't know how you are supposed to hold the screw in place and torque the locknut with a regular torque wrench.

 

Hand tighten as much as you do your valvecover bolts or handtighten till it won't go anymore?

 

If you use the Snap-On tool, you can't get a ton of torque on the bolt, just snug it down tight. The way the tool is designed, I wouldn't worry about over-tightening unless you really go overboard and lean into it.

 

I adjust mine using a tool similar to the Snap-On tool, and then torque them to spec, I believe it's 13 lb-ft. I use an in-lbs. wrench set to 156 in-lbs. Then I re-check the clearance to make sure the screws didn't move when I torqued them.

Yes I know, I'm a nut/bolt torquing *****, but that's me being the perfectionist that I am.

 

I just impact gun them tight.

just kidding.

I use the snap on tool and just tighten them until they feel tight.

For me, a tq wrench is used on very very few things