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Title: torque settings
Post by: califkid_66 on Tuesday,August 31, 2021, 10:10:25 AM

im gathering all info and steps in reassembly and for torque wrench settings for main bearings
it say 40 to 50 so how much am i suppose to put

Title: Re: torque settings
Post by: 4129R on Tuesday,August 31, 2021, 10:26:16 AM

I would torque it up to the higher number, so go for 50. I did.

Title: Re: torque settings
Post by: califkid_66 on Tuesday,August 31, 2021, 11:10:04 AM

i find it pretty confusing i was thinking more like in between 40 to 50 so 45 i was hoping for just one number

Title: Re: torque settings
Post by: BDA on Tuesday,August 31, 2021, 11:13:45 AM

45 ft-lbs would work too. As 4129R said, tighter is probably better. I imagine it is an acknowledgement that torque wrenches are not all calibrated the same and that there is no single right number. You're stretching a bolt and you want acceptable and similar stretches for all of them.

Title: Re: torque settings
Post by: califkid_66 on Tuesday,August 31, 2021, 01:11:03 PM

ok thanks!! i just want to get it right