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Old 10-20-14, 09:49 AM
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another oil pan torque question

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I have a problem with oil pan brace torque specs. First all I bought a gotham oil pan brace and having a hard time torqueing the nuts. specs say 79-104 but when I try to adjust the torque wrench at 70 I seam to strip the nut. my question is are you really suppose to tighten those 10mm nuts with that much torque? anyone had problems like that before?or I my doing something wrong?
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Old 10-20-14, 10:01 AM
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You're going for in/lbs, correct?

The fsm says for 79-104 in/lbs, that's like 6.6-8.6 ft/lbs. If you're trying for 70 ft/lbs than, yes, you're doing something wrong

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Yeah, sounds like you're using ft-lbs.
Try 8.9-11Nm

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thank you guys for taking the time to show me the correct way to do this. Im pretty new at this stuff Ps thanks for not been hard on me lol
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Lol, everybody has been there and done this at least once in their life!
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Originally Posted by maikelc
...Im pretty new at this stuff Ps thanks for not been hard on me lol
lol, this reminds me of something that might make you feel better as a novice.....
When I was about 13, I did my first brake job on drum brakes. Took both sides apart first and then had a helleva time remembering how things went back together. To compound matters, I decided to check to see if they'd work properly before putting the drums back on. Ehhh...it wasn't pretty.
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