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Re: Tr4 Head studs

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Subject: Re: Tr4 Head studs
From: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 00:09:57 +0100charset="iso-8859-1"
References: <000701c001bd$7b99d620$95780518@olmpi1.wa.home.com>
Hi Jerry
Yes crack the nuts loose before retorquing, yes retorque head when warm, use
the same value, these are the rules for my cylinder heads though I don't
have a TR4, also I would recommend a retorque after about the first 1000
miles. 105 lbft? TR4's use bolts that will hold 105 lbft? That makes the
60-65 lbft on my cars look a bit lame!

Graham.
2.5 PI MKII
Sprinted Dolomite
2000 MKI
Toledo
1300 Front Wheel Drive

http://www.triumph-iw.co.uk

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Oliver" <slantws@Home.com>
To: "triumphs list" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 5:51 AM
Subject: Fw: Tr4 Head studs


>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jerry Oliver" <slantws@Home.com>
> To: <erl@unix.mail.virginia.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 9:30 PM
> Subject: Re: Tr4 Head studs
>
>
> > Ok, I heard one recently that I hadn't heard before. That is, when
> > retorquing to  break each  nut loose as you proceed through the
sequence.
> > Any opinions? Also, as I was thumbing through a TR maintenance manual at
> VTR
> > Portland last week, the book listed 105 lbs and the typical sequence and
> > then suggested retorquing the head warm, but gave no value. I have
> retorqued
> > cold.
> > Jerry Oliver
> > Olympia, WA
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <erl@unix.mail.virginia.edu>
> > To: <ArthurK101@aol.com>
> > Cc: <greenman62@hotmail.com>; <kluckvon@students.uiuc.edu>;
> > <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 8:26 PM
> > Subject: Re: Tr4 Head studs
> >
> >
> > >
> > > There is no sacro-sanct rule on the head sequencing to torque the
head.
> > > Basic rule, stated here:  start in the center, and work as a spiral
> > > outwards to the end.  Try to keep the same pattern.  Take the studs to
> > > about 50 ft-lb, then upwards at about 10 ft-lb per step, until about
90
> > > ft-lb.  Then in 5 ft-lb increments until the 105-110 level.  After you
> get
> > > to about 70 ft-lb, you want to use a lead or brass mallet and hit the
> head
> > > on the end, a stout whack, after each torquing.  If you don't have the
> > > mallet, you can use a steel hammer, but put a piece of wood (oak is
> best)
> > > between.  This relieves stresses in the head.
> > >
> > > On Tue, 8 Aug 2000
> > > ArthurK101@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > In a message dated 07-Aug-00 17:57:36 Eastern Daylight Time,
> > > > greenman62@hotmail.com writes:
> > > >
> > > > > You could do it numerically... I don't have my book handy either
> > > > >    however, the trick is to start with the nuts in the middle of
the
> > > > >    head (between 2 and 3 cylinders) and work outward to either end
> of
> > > > >    the head it's kind of like a spiral. I'll try to do you a
picture
> > > > >    (see below)
> > > > >
> > > > >           8   6   1   3   9
> > > > >           10  4   2   5   7
> > > > >
> > > > >    I hope it doesn't get too scrambled...
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Greg, that is not the same as either my Haynes or the Factory manual
> > shows.
> > > > My Haynes manual (p.27 fig1.7) and the latter (p.1-127 fig.59) both
> > show:
> > > >
> > > >   9   3   1   6   8
> > > >   7   5    2  4   10
> > > >
> > > > With the upper numbers being the nuts under the rocker arms.
Cheers.
> > > >
> > > > Art Kelly
> > > >
> > >
> > > James A. Ruffner
> > >
> >
>
>


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