Torque Specs

coyote101

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Whats everyone torquing there head bolts(for the water jacket gasket) down to? couldnt find any specific info in the manual for them so i thought i would play it safe and try 7lbs, ended up snapping a couple.
 

F_R

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What motor?? Unless specified otherwise, 1/4" bolts are 60-80 INCH pounds (5-7 foot pounds). Unless I had a super good quality calibrated torque wrench, I'd never use a foot-pound wrench on such small fasteners.
 

coyote101

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its a 70el79r. I have 4 more screws on order. i can either just get them a little snug by hand or set my $30 torque wrench to 5lbs and pray. givin that some of the bolts did tighten to 7 without issue, i might just try the 5lb route
 

coyote101

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No its freshwater. Just a 40 year old motor and sounds like i torqued them a little too tight.
 
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