Something that everyone has overlooked in the discussion of bolt torque specs
out of the Wood's manual is the gudgeon pin clamp bolt. Wood's specs that at 33
ftlbs and it should be 25 to 27 ftlbs. This is an area where over torquing does
more than strip some threads, it results in a broken bolt which has catastrophic
results - I know! I destroyed one engine completely and damaged another one
before I found out what my mistake was. On the last reassembly, I got ahold of
a calibrated torque wrench and set it at 25 ftlbs. Hopefully, I won't have to
do it a third time.
Dave
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