This is a snapshot of the instructions for my Omori egt sensor. The part labeled "Nipple" is to be torqued to 70-110 ft-lbs which is understandable. But the part labeled "Bag nat" or bag nut whatever you wanna call it is supposed to be torqued to 450-500 ft-lbs!! Is it just me or does that sound ridiculous? Most of my friends torque wrenches don't even go past 150 ft-lbs! Should I just torque it in there by hand then bust out a huge breaker bar on it? Anyone else ever come across something like this doing their egt?

 

lol, so you dont think that could possibly be a typo??

 

Ya I figured but what would be a normal torque spec for tightening down the part I have pointed out in the pic above?

 

could it be lbs per inch? if so, divide it by 12... so it's 37.5 lbs/ft to 41.66 lbs/ft

 

forgot a decimal place? does 45-50 sound right for that part?

 

inch pounds maybe?

 

still sounds WAY too much for a 14mm EGT cap-nut

 

I wasnt sure exactly what he was talking about so I was just guessing

 

yah

 

For clarification here's what it says:

 

There is a tool called a torque multiplier. It is in essence a giant torque wrench with gear reduction. For every unit of force, it multiplies it and that way you are able to torque things to super human torque specs.

Sounds like a typo though. Im sure the threads would come out of that nut long before you reached 450ft/lbs. Good luck

 

All those numbers sound way high to me. Consider all your exhaust bolts are spec'd to about 27ft/pounds?

Aren't these parts usually made of brass? 70-110ft/lbs will shred them.

 

I would call or e-mail Omori

 

^^^^ and we finally have a winner...... cant believe it took this long....

 

Go until it strips.. figure out what ft/lbs that was... then subtract 5 and reinstall a new one