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Mick I use 22lb feet - which is what Dave Harpur advised me.
This is actually quiet a low torque. Key is after engine has been run and hot - to re-torque them.....and then you shoudl be fine
Any other views on the forum on this one?
Cheers Kim
I had a quick look earlier before leaving for work, and the 'Greeves General Service Notes-All Models' (GMC 157) handbook also quotes 22 lb ft, for both 4 and six bolt fixing Greeves heads.
I think it also quotes a piece of 1/4" rod 12 " long on the point of bending! I've always used good old 22 ft lbs anyway. Rule Britannia before we have to measure it in Newton Wombles or some other mythical continental rubbish such as HertZ-Litres!
No, I'm not hiding any Imperial scales under the workbench, honest Mr Euro-Policeman!
1/4" rod 12 " long on the point of bending!= 22lb ft
Love the alternate torque method Rob!! Comes form an era when maybe you could not necessarily afford to buy a specialist too like a torque wrench!!
I am going to try that one out and do a comparison when I rebuild big Griff this winter !!
p.s wonder if there are any other engineering gems/tips like that in either the Greeves manuals or members own knowledge
Brian could be worthy of a section if we get some good input!
Brian could be worthy of a section if we get some good input!
Hiya Kim,
Great idea, but I relinquished my powers in that direction long ago....one for the mods/admin team now.
For what it's worth though, I tend to favour using a spigotted double-ended wibble shafter, calibrated in Christian units of course, but they are hard to come by these days....
On the subject of torque settings, a respected purveyor of Royal Enfield components has published a list of settings in both English and Metric...Great and very helpful, except that they had at least one vital setting transposed. Very embarrassing!
Rob/kim/brian, with reference to the steel bar method!, there is a flaw with this, & without wishing to sound like benny hill, it must be pointed out that where you place your hand over the twelve inches is crucial, much easier to bend farther out! wheras you will find it much firmer down by the nuts....
Yes quite but I've always placed my hand on the end of the 12 inches, well away from the 4 nuts! This always seems to work well.
A bending moment should always be avoided as this can lead to later disappointing performance, female participants often seem to spot this.
22 ft lbs should prevent blowing.
Good one Rob!
Some cracking posts tonight, great to see the old forum/GRA spirit showing itself again on here, and some much more interesting (and useful) stuff being posted (...well, mostly!)
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