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Subject:Re: What's the correct torque here??
From:David Beierl
Date:Wed, 16 Jun 1999 23:27:34 -0400

At 18:45 6/16/99 -0700, Tom Young wrote:
>Hey all:
>which you attach the rubber engine mounts which then attach to the steel
>engine carrier.)  Wilson says (pg 150) "14 ft./lbs." which seems a little
>low for an 8mm bolt, but I go ahead and use that.

14 lb. ft. does seem low for an 8mm, but it's going into wicked soft
aluminum.  After I got tired of stopping to put in Helicoils I started
paying closer attention to the torques.  However, those bolts are M10, not
M8 -- and 33 lb ft is consistent with the other M10s on the motor.  Maybe
the aircooleds used M8s?

david

David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net