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Old Jun 12, 2019 | 03:43 PM
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Default Rocker Arm Bolts: Install dry or lubed?

Quick question to which I can't find the answer to: When installing the rocker arm bolts into the head are they installed and torqued dry or should they be lightly coated with engine oil? I have noticed there have been folks who have had them snap and I wonder if they were getting over torqued because they were lubed with oil?
 
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Old Jun 12, 2019 | 05:31 PM
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Those aren't tightened that much. 30-40lbs if I remember right. Or snug. I really don't even use a torque wrench for those anymore. I normally just send them in with whatever oil they came out with. Just don't hydraulic them.
 
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Old Jun 12, 2019 | 06:13 PM
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I like to lubricate them.
 
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Old Jun 12, 2019 | 06:20 PM
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I have ran a tap down them in the past than a quick blow out with compressed air. Bolts went in dry. This is not by any stretch what the manual says I’m sure
 
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Old Jun 14, 2019 | 05:01 AM
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Normally, lightly lubed or sprayed with your choice of lubricant.

Brian.
 
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