triumphdave
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| posted on 16/3/08 at 03:24 PM |
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XE crank bolt torque
Is it really 185llb/ft +45deg ,or is that a printing mistake,my torque wrench only goes upto 150llb,and I have just wrung the square off my 1/2to3/8
socket adapter (chrome vanadium lifetime guarantee)and nearly pulled the car of the axle stands.
If you always do what you have always done you will always get what you have always got
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twybrow
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| posted on 16/3/08 at 03:26 PM |
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They are notoriously highly torqued. I think you will need a major impact wrench to stand a fighting chance. You might be able to budge it with a
scaffold pole, but I would think and socket would break!
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 16/3/08 at 03:30 PM |
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I can't recall the actual figure but it was FT! I take it you are putting it on if you are worried about the actual torque figure. I ended up
taking mine to a garage to get it torqued up properly.
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triumphdave
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| posted on 16/3/08 at 03:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Richard Quinn
I can't recall the actual figure but it was FT! I take it you are putting it on if you are worried about the actual torque figure. I ended up
taking mine to a garage to get it torqued up properly.
Yes thats right,it was put in when the engine was built but never torqued up,can see why now I wouldnt fancy trying to do it up on the bench.
If you always do what you have always done you will always get what you have always got
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TOO BADD
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| posted on 16/3/08 at 03:35 PM |
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as per sbd torque figures plus graphite head and oil thread
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MkIndy7
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| posted on 16/3/08 at 05:22 PM |
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 Yup it sure as hell is right!
I had to buy a 1/2" E20 socket espescially to get mine off, and even then the scaffolding pole was the only way... None of my mates air wrenches
were upto it and he runs a Landrover garage!.
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cidersurfer
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| posted on 16/3/08 at 08:08 PM |
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My Haynes says 96lbft plus 40 to 50 degrees...
It's easy with a 4 ft scaffold pole, did it today...
[Edited on 16/3/08 by cidersurfer]
shimming solid lifters is a job for a friend...
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chriscook
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| posted on 17/3/08 at 08:19 AM |
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Also easy with a 750Nm torque wrench wound right up.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 17/3/08 at 10:47 PM |
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250NM and 50 degrees if you can get it...............
On the last one I did I had the engine solid mounted in a spaceframe, and I have made a tool which bolts to the 6 bolts on the front crank pulley and
has a 4 foot long handle. I locked this against the frame and could still only get 35 degrees on the bolt with a 5 foot bar on my breaker bar
tightening it up.
[Edited on 17/3/08 by NS Dev]
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