Perhaps an inquiry should be made of Bob Donalds, of Boston Engines. He
is quite helpful to list members in matters such as these.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Eric Zeno wrote:

>  My Bentley states,  case halves: large 22 FT/lb,   small 15 ft/lb
>  sound wrong to me also....  22 ft/lb is nothing...
>            Eric                   86-VW4x4
>            vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
>            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
>                                   92-Jetta GWC
>            www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htm
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>On Sun, 4 Apr 2004, Mark Seifert wrote:
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>>What is the torque spec for the main bearings on a 2.1 waterboxer(the 4 cap
>>nuts inside the water jacket, and the two nuts on the outside?) The manual
>>that I have (NOT Bentley) says 22 lbs/ft. This doesn't seem like it's tight
>>enough. I expect to receive ridicule for trying to rebuild a waterboxer
>>without the Bentley manual, but I've made it this far without it...so if
>>anyone could take the time to look it up for me, I would greatly appreciate
>>it.
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