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  1. 2 points
    bear351c

    B-series Falcon Torque specifications

    I'd like to see anyone get 22.5 Nm on a torque wrench.......
  2. 2 points
    gerg

    B-series Falcon Torque specifications

    The specs are supplied simply to cover the manufacturer's arse when providing a maintenance/repair procedure. In my experience as a mechanic, there are very few things that actually need to be precisely torqued on a vehicle. They are: Engine internals (including flywheel) Diff internals (including pinion preload) Automatic valve bodies and other internals Wheel bearings And rear caliper pin bolts on an older Ford (pre-EF) where the alloy is soft as shit and chews out when dickheads hammer the crap out of them with an impact gun turned up to 11. So for most things, common sense is your friend. The length of the spanner is generally the right leverage to comfortably reach the correct tension on the bolt size it's designed for. Don't grab a 3-foot breaker bar and reef on the 6mm bolts holding your radio in. Conversely, don't go tightening a suspension arm bolt with multigrips. That would be bad, m'kay? Sent from my CPH1607 using Tapatalk
  3. 2 points
    Agreed +1. Banjo bolts wil break if overtightened, they have a friggin huge hole in the bolt.! Wire brush penetrating fluid, leave over night if possible. Sometimes a sharp, hard crack with a hammer can help, but, spanner must be a good fit and you must have the spanner at 90 deg to the bolt and hit in the right direction.
  4. 2 points
    i'll say the brake hose banjo bolt breaks easy if done up too tight.. . if you are replacing the brake hoses, the nut on them can be a proper pain to undo, even with pipe spanners.. spray them with CRC or penetrene etc, wire brush the threads and find the best fitting spanner you can get your hands on for them.. (or get a professional to change them) there is a locking compound on some of the caliper bolts also, i think the brake kit i bought had new bolts with locking compound on them already, watch some youtube clips, there would be many videos on every aspect of what you are doing.. including how to set a torque wrench
  5. 2 points
    gerg

    B-series Falcon Torque specifications

    Torque is a twisting force applied to a shaft. A Newton-metre is one kind of torque measurement when a linear force (N) is applied to the end of a one-metre lever. Sometimes quoted as kg-m (9.8N=1kg). Foot-pounds is the same thing but instead measured in pounds acting on the end of a one foot lever. Inch-pounds is a smaller measurement scale used on delicate things like valve bodies. Torquing bolts is done using a torque wrench. It has an adjustable point at which it clicks to let you know when the right torque is reached. Torque (or bolt tension) is specified so that the fastener is not under-or over-tightened. Some things are critical, other things really only need to be spanner-tight. What exactly are you tightening? Sent from my CPH1607 using Tapatalk
  6. 1 point
    scottly

    xb style toploader shifter into xw

    Hey mate not really answering your question but have you looked into the renogate sequential shifters that's what I currently have in my xd
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