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Originally Posted by vee030  Agreed that these only need a very small amount of force.
Not all toqrue wrenches are equal.
I've been successful a couple of times now with my 1/4" drive torque wrench.
But if in case the only torque wrench available is a 3/8 or 1/2 drive, I'd do them by hand. |
I bought a 5-80ft lbs 3/8" torque wrench from harbor freight just for the valve cover bolts as I only have a 1/2" one that didn't go that low. So not sure how accurate it is at the lower settings (or any settings actually since I can't truly test it), but I wasn't planning on shelling out for something more proper. I assume it's okay. I did some small tests on various bolts to see if it would even click @ 7.5lbs and it did. So it does engage on some level, but not 100% sure if it's off by a lb/lbs. It's just these bolts are weird with that little seat/lip thing just above the threads. They all broke just before that. Seems it can't take much pressure.
I redid the tightening after fixing my mess up with a 1/4" wrench and just by feeling out the tightness. I've been checking the spark plug wells and exterior seam where the valve cover meets the block. So far so good.
Hope everyone else has better luck than me.