Those nuts need to be the exhaust-specific copper ones. They will deform
slightly at ~15 ft/lbs torque and stay in place forever.

They are also MUCH easier to remove next time...

On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 4:39 AM, william greenamyer <wgreenamyer@ciso.com>wrote:

> Had questions a month or so ago about exhaust flange gaskets for my 84GL
> Vanagon.  Now I have a question about torque (14 foot pounds) on the bolts
> and nuts.  Before I remove the pipes, I rechecked the torque on the flange
> bolts and nuts.  Found at least 2 bolts and one nut that could be
> retorqued.
> One was leaking air and the other flange was not.  Question--Should the
> flange bolts/nuts be retorqued and if so, how often should they be checked?
>
> William
>

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Jake

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1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'

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