Torque setting lawn mower head bolts
I have a Murray lawn mower (No instruction manual) with a 6HP, B&S
engine, from which I removed the head, so as to put a Helicoil insert in the stripped out plug hole. The information on the engine cowling is:- Model = 12H802 Type = 3172-B1 I would appreciate it if someone would either, tell me what the torque value for the head bolts should be, or, point me to a place where I might find that info? TIA Lewis. ***** |
Torque setting lawn mower head bolts
On May 16, 9:45 am, " wrote:
I have a Murray lawn mower (No instruction manual) with a 6HP, B&S engine, from which I removed the head, so as to put a Helicoil insert in the stripped out plug hole. The information on the engine cowling is:- Model = 12H802 Type = 3172-B1 I would appreciate it if someone would either, tell me what the torque value for the head bolts should be, or, point me to a place where I might find that info? TIA Lewis. ***** Or you could just use 3 finger pull on a relatively short ratchet. |
Torque setting lawn mower head bolts
On May 16, 11:59 am, Eric in North TX wrote:
Or you could just use 3 finger pull on a relatively short ratchet. Surely a torque wrench would give better results. Personally, I'd just take a guess (30 ft/lbs?) and make sure they're consistent. Having all the bolts torqued evenly is most important. |
Torque setting lawn mower head bolts
On May 16, 7:45*am, " wrote:
I have a Murray lawn mower (No instruction manual) with a 6HP, B&S engine, from which I removed the head, so as to put a Helicoil insert in the stripped out plug hole. The information on the engine cowling is:- Model = 12H802 Type = 3172-B1 I would appreciate it if someone would either, tell me what the torque value for the head bolts should be, or, point me to a place where I might find that info? TIA Lewis. ***** I would suggest a visit to the B&S website. Or a call to a B&S service center. Or knowing the bolt size & receiver material you could get close to the correct torque. My guess in is the 15 to 20 ft lb range but verify cheers Bob |
Torque setting lawn mower head bolts
On Fri, 16 May 2008 15:06:17 -0700 (PDT), BobK207
wrote: On May 16, 7:45*am, " wrote: I have a Murray lawn mower (No instruction manual) with a 6HP, B&S engine, from which I removed the head, so as to put a Helicoil insert in the stripped out plug hole. The information on the engine cowling is:- Model = 12H802 Type = 3172-B1 I would appreciate it if someone would either, tell me what the torque value for the head bolts should be, or, point me to a place where I might find that info? TIA Lewis. ***** I would suggest a visit to the B&S website. Or a call to a B&S service center. Or knowing the bolt size & receiver material you could get close to the correct torque. My guess in is the 15 to 20 ft lb range but verify cheers Bob My guess was 12 -15 ft lbs. |
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