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Re: torque setting

To: Chris Delling <saschris@flash.net>, Steven Tritle <stritle@epix.net>,
Subject: Re: torque setting
From: Skip Kelsey <kelsey@value.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 17:19:36 -0700
Chris:


PSI= pounds per square inch.


Skip.........At 03:49 PM 10/15/97 -0400, Chris Delling wrote:
>Skip-
>
>PSI?  
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>Regards,
>
>Chris
>
>At 08:21 AM 10/15/97 -0700, 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
>>>
>>>
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