Braff1
02-23-2003, 07:46 AM
Well 2 months later my weekend project has about come to a close. I finally got my Hot Cams stage 1 installed. As I followed the instructions of my Clymers manual the only task left was to torque the valve cover back on. The manual says to torque these 6 mm bolt to 18 ft lbs. I thought this was rather much but hey thats what the book says to torque them at. Well after breaking one of the bolts (luckily about 1/2" sticking out of the head), I thought this isn't right. I resorted back to a torque spec sheet I down loaded from Exriders.com when I first signed on to this site. Sure enough it list the valve cover torque as being 18 ft lbs but there is a little addendum below it where someone corrected it to the proper torque setting of 8 ft lbs, big difference.
So I would like to thank Exriders.com from saving me from creating another delay in my weekend project. I sure beat stripping out the bolts of breaking another bolt.
If I can get a decent day of weather around here I will break in the cam and finally complete this project.
Dan
So I would like to thank Exriders.com from saving me from creating another delay in my weekend project. I sure beat stripping out the bolts of breaking another bolt.
If I can get a decent day of weather around here I will break in the cam and finally complete this project.
Dan