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paul doran
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#16 PostAuthor: paul doran » Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:45 am

I would recomend a good tighten with a decent spanner
I never torqued any of them yet with no ill effect's
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#17 PostAuthor: davejames » Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:57 am

I'm sure someone said 5.5 ft/lbs instead of 12 ft/lbs but I'm not 100% certain.
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#18 PostAuthor: Rich » Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:55 pm

8 lbs/ft if you are trying it with a big torque wrench don't bother just with a good ring spanner as Paulie says.

Internal threads are usually done with a fluteless tap.
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