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Old 04-02-2010, 04:14 PM
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Exaust housing torque specs

does anyone know the exaust housing bolts specs that mount to the turbo. finally got the friggin thing off today. just dont want to brake any bolts...again lol

PS: I HATE BOOST LEAKS.
 
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Old 04-02-2010, 04:25 PM
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This ain't gonna help you, but I put mine on "OMG" tight. At least as close to that as you can get with a 1/4" drive socket. And I used red Loctite on it.
 
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Old 04-02-2010, 05:09 PM
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This ain't gonna help you, but I put mine on "OMG" tight. At least as close to that as you can get with a 1/4" drive socket. And I used red Loctite on it.
X2, that is the way to do it.
 
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That instruction says like 200 in-lbs??? That's less than 20 ft-lbs. Seems a bit too light to me.
 
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lol omg tight. sounds good to me. thanks guys. and yea...20ft lbs? hand tight could get em tighter then that.
 
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Still working on it Philip or is everything back together??
 
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nah i got it back together, but i got the wronge size freeze plug and didnt remember that you cant drive the truck to the hardware store once the exaust housing is off...so i had to put everything back together as is. kinda peeved
 




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