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Originally Posted by NyC Zn6
wouldn't it be torqued to spec before they leave the factory?
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Hopefully so, however, sometimes bolts become un-torqued .....
I remember, back in the day, I was baling hay with an old IH, PTO driven baler, and noticed the "sheer" pin was loose.
So, I put in a brand new "bolt" ...... a nice shiny one, with three dashes stamped on top and torqued it down good (tight. then another 1/4 turn with a 1/2"drive ratchet). That's 87 ft lbs, for those of you that don't have a calibrated wrist ....
Fired that machine up and the first time the plunger/ram got stopped by a restriction in the shoot ....... all heck broke loose ......
guess what "gave" .... and why .... ??
First one to guess correctly ....... WINS!
humfrz