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Final Drive 4 Acorn Nuts-Torque
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<blockquote data-quote="mcatrophy" data-source="post: 1287416" data-attributes="member: 3187"><p>Personally, I always lubricate threads before doing them up, and I've never used a torque wrench, I do them by feel. I can't remember the last time I had a problem with something that I'd done up being too loose and undoing itself, too tight and stripping a thread, or seizing due to corrosion.</p><p>Of course, this doesn't apply to stretch bolts (typically used on cylinder heads and the like), where a torque wrench is essential. I've never done a cylinder head since my Tiger Cub days, when I didn't know what a torque wrench was, and the manual simply said "... finally tighten down the four sleeve nuts". I suppose it's the many, many hours of working on the Cub that helped teach me that "feel".</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #FF0000">(click on image for larger view)</span></span></p><p></p><p><a href="https://atrophy.lock.net/pi/CubManual/index.php?image=page000001.jpg&sz=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://atrophy.lock.net/pi/CubManual/tmp/0_page000001.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>. <a href="https://atrophy.lock.net/pi/CubManual/index.php?image=page052053.jpg&sz=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://atrophy.lock.net/pi/CubManual/tmp/0_page052053.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mcatrophy, post: 1287416, member: 3187"] Personally, I always lubricate threads before doing them up, and I've never used a torque wrench, I do them by feel. I can't remember the last time I had a problem with something that I'd done up being too loose and undoing itself, too tight and stripping a thread, or seizing due to corrosion. Of course, this doesn't apply to stretch bolts (typically used on cylinder heads and the like), where a torque wrench is essential. I've never done a cylinder head since my Tiger Cub days, when I didn't know what a torque wrench was, and the manual simply said "... finally tighten down the four sleeve nuts". I suppose it's the many, many hours of working on the Cub that helped teach me that "feel". [SIZE=10px][COLOR=#FF0000](click on image for larger view)[/COLOR][/SIZE] [URL="https://atrophy.lock.net/pi/CubManual/index.php?image=page000001.jpg&sz=1"][IMG]https://atrophy.lock.net/pi/CubManual/tmp/0_page000001.jpg[/IMG][/URL]. [URL="https://atrophy.lock.net/pi/CubManual/index.php?image=page052053.jpg&sz=1"][IMG]https://atrophy.lock.net/pi/CubManual/tmp/0_page052053.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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