Skip Kelsey wrote:
>
> Steve:
>
> Dont torque the 8MM rocker bolts more than 20PSI. The prior specs given by
> Woods is not correct. The 10MM bolts should go 40-42PSI.
>
> Skip.......At 10:19 AM 10/15/97 -0400, Steven Tritle wrote:
> >JMerz140@aol.com wrote:
> >>
> >> Steve,
> >> There are only four brackets on the XPAG engine of your TD. Once the eight
> >> bolts are removed, the whole assembly simply lifts off the head. Torque
> >> value for the 10mm bolts is 43 ft/lb and for the 8mm, its 29 ft/lbs. In
> most
> >> cases, you'll probably need a set of four keepers to hold the bolts in
> place
> >> after the torque is set. The old ones may be salvable but many times the
> >> tabs are ready to break off from too much bending.
> >> Make sure you lay the parts out in order to reassemble in the exact
> order of
> >> disassembly. Especially the shaft. It has an oil hole at the rear bracket
> >> to pass the oil under pressure to lubricate the whole rocker set-up. If it
> >> gets in bass-ackwards...
> >> no oil and there goes the rocker bushings. Jim
> >There are homemade shims under the rocker brackets of my TD's shaft
> >assembly. I am replacing one cracked bracket. The four brackets all have
> >"22914 stamped on them and my new one does not. The size etc. seems to
> >be OK. Should I be wary?
> >
> >Everything else seems to be in order.
> >
> >Steve
> >52 TD
> >
> >
Why not follow the Woods manual? Is there a reason only to use 20lbs.
and not 29lbs?
I have heard 29 by 3 sources. I just wish to do it correctly.
Steve
52 TD
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