Tom Shirley wrote:
> Adrian Jones wrote:
>
> > The big question is: what torque setting should be used.
> The
> > Haynes manual says 50 for "colour dyed" and 46 for "phosphated".
>
> Try 48. If it ain't a racing engine, a couple of pounds one way or the
>
> other won't matter. If you don't have a high dollar torque wrench,
> your's may be off a pound or two anyway. Same goes for using the
> proper
> torqueing technique.
>
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Gee Tom,
I feel vindicated.
When I changed out the big end bearings on my 1500 after it started
sounding like it was rolling dice at the craps table, I arrived at the
same solution to that torque problem.
They were set at 48.
The thing is still running.
And the nasty sound went away.
Dave
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