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Re: Re: Overtorqued head on Super M
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Posted by Bill Smith on December 19, 2003 at 18:12:33 from (63.147.130.12):
In Reply to: Re: Overtorqued head on Super M posted by Tim Malin on December 19, 2003 at 09:10:17:
My first thought would be that you drastically over tightened. A 5 foot lever? You don't realize how much force you can put on a bolt with that kind of leverage. A standard torque wrench is what 1 1/2 to 2 foot long. I'm not real strong in the arms and I don't have any trouble torqueing to what, 120 Ft. Lbs. without using any kind of cheater. I cheat like everybody else and use cheater pipes and so on, but mainly to take bolts off. Useing cheaters is a bad habbit to get into, and diffinately a bad idea when putting something together.
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