JMerz140@aol.com wrote:
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> 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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