Hey Guys,
How many of you torque your spark plugs to the specified 20 ft. lbs? Before
today I have to admit that I never have done that. Since the age of 14 or
so I have always used the grunt torque method for this task. Age has now
weakened my grunt too no doubt.
Today whilst installing a fresh set of Bosch Platinum Plus plugs in the TR6
I noticed a diagram on the box that showed a wrench that indicated 21 ft
lbs. torque. OK so I got my Snap On out and set it at 21. Whoa, that's tight.
Drop back five and punt dude before you screw it up! That's way tight for my
grunt. But dang right there in the official Triumph TR6 Repair Operations
Manual is a setting for 20 ft lbs. for spark plug attachment. I guess that's
right?
Do you suppose this is why all my Triumphs seem to have lean running
decease? No way, this can't be that important. I for sure have never
tightened
plugs this tight. Also since I am always fooling around, I am sure that I am
crushing that compression washer several times that should only be crushed
once,
correct? Old wives tale?
Cheers,
Darrell
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