exhaust torq specs
#2
Looked in the manual, no spec given.
I looked and found the bolts on my aftermarket pipe were M8-1.25 thread. I used Machine Tool Help to find torque specs. I used the 8.8 grade spec for it to find max torque spec of 200 in-lb. That is your max.
Evenly tighten your flange side to side. It may or may not actually seat flat on its own. I know neither my SR500 nor my KLX650 flange actually bottoms out. Too much on either side could unevenly clamp the header against the gasket.
Work evenly side to side, tightening in steps. If the flange starts to flex while tightening, going beyond that point is going to bend the flange. Stop at that point, regardless of the torque spec. I am thinking you will find that you will not hit the 200 in-lb, things will start to flex first. Remember, there is a crush gasket in there to seal the exhaust, so leakage should not be an issue with even tightening.
Most of all, use some sense, if it seems you're getting too tight, stop! Better to lose a flange nut than to snap a stud in the head.
I looked and found the bolts on my aftermarket pipe were M8-1.25 thread. I used Machine Tool Help to find torque specs. I used the 8.8 grade spec for it to find max torque spec of 200 in-lb. That is your max.
Evenly tighten your flange side to side. It may or may not actually seat flat on its own. I know neither my SR500 nor my KLX650 flange actually bottoms out. Too much on either side could unevenly clamp the header against the gasket.
Work evenly side to side, tightening in steps. If the flange starts to flex while tightening, going beyond that point is going to bend the flange. Stop at that point, regardless of the torque spec. I am thinking you will find that you will not hit the 200 in-lb, things will start to flex first. Remember, there is a crush gasket in there to seal the exhaust, so leakage should not be an issue with even tightening.
Most of all, use some sense, if it seems you're getting too tight, stop! Better to lose a flange nut than to snap a stud in the head.
#4
Close guess, 18 ft-lb is 216 in-lb. I was going with the spec of 17 ft-lb for 8.8 grade metric M8-1.25, rounding down converting ft-lb to inch-lb at 204 rounded to 200 for simplicity.
Personally I do all small fasteners with an inch-lb wrench because it is working the middle of the range for higher accuracy. 17-18 is in the lower 10% of the range of most ft-lb wrenches and as such are not quite as accurate, per manufacturer information.
Personally I do all small fasteners with an inch-lb wrench because it is working the middle of the range for higher accuracy. 17-18 is in the lower 10% of the range of most ft-lb wrenches and as such are not quite as accurate, per manufacturer information.
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