>Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:35:22 -0400 >From: Jon Kligerman <[email protected]> >Subject: [alfa] Cam Cap Torque > >Aflisti: > >I have the one of the cams off of my 1982 Spider off and in reading my service >manual, the torque tightening specificaion reads: >"20-22 newton-meters or 155-163 ft. lbs." I assume there is a decimal point >missing, 155-163 ft. lbs of torque on one of those bearing cap seems like >over-kill and them some, but I wanted to conform that the tightening spec. is >more like 15-16 ft. lbs which would be the ft. lb equivalent of 20-22 newton >meters. From my perspective 15-16 ft. lbs seems a little light. Can someone >confirm the torque specification on the camshaft bearing cap bolts of a two >liter Spider engine. > >Thanks very much! > >Jon Kligerman >1982 Spider Veloce
Stictly to be pedantic: Valve Cover Cap Nut Torque: 14 to 20 Nm (10.3 to 14.8 ft.lb) (Six cap nuts) Front Valve Cover Bolt Torque: 8,1 to 10 Nm (6 to 8 ft.lb) (Two through bolts) -- jeff clark 82 Spider Veloce 99 BMW R1100S [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
