Torque Spec

Hi All,

I am trying to find the torque specs for the caps that hold the overhead cam
in for a 2.2 ltr engine on a dodge shadow. I know this motor is in several
other cars. It is not the turbo. This particular year is 1987.

Thanks for any help provided!!
John

 

Okay, so I finally found it on a WEB page and the torque is 215 inch lbs.
Great info to have so I can properly torque the bolts down. However, my
torque wrench is a foot lb torque wrench. I do not know what the conversion
would be???

Please help..
Thanks
John

 

Divide the torque in inch pounds by 12 to convert to ft-lbs. The problem is
that you will find that your torque range may not go down far enough if the
spec. is very small.

 

There are 12 inches to the foot last I knew. The problem is that a
wrench that indicates units of ft-lb will likely not be very accurate
that this low of a torque value.


Matt

 

18 ft-lbs will get you what you need; there's almost always a torque
"range" anyway, i.e., 210-220 in-lbs.

 

Okay, I pretty much deserved that one. As long as I have been working on
cars and using a torque wrench I never had to convert before. I obviously
never put two and two together and figured out that the foot lbs and inch
lbs on the torque wrench were the same thing as actual feet and inches.
With that said, I do appreciate the info you all provided.

Happy New Years to you all
John

 

I'd still be hesitant to use a torque wrench with units of ft-lbs to
tighten a fastener with torque specified in in-lbs. This is usually
done for a reason, and the reason is that the torque is likely fairly
critical. Most large torque wrenches (those with ft-lb units) will
handle up to 250 ft-lb or so. So 18 is at the lower limit of their
capacity and their accuracy may not be all that great there. Contrast
this with an in-lb wrench where 215 is probably well into its working
range. I own both and use the right one for the job based on the units
specified for the fastener.


Matt

 

Go to the site below John, and download the current version of Convert
software, works great and it is Free.

http://www.joshmadison.com/software/convert/