greasy125 wrote:
pro tip: never memorize torque values, that way you can't get them wrong because you have to go and look them up.
if you're following that then you're good to go. that's the way it's supposed to be done, even with a stock pipe.
That is exactly what they tell you as an American Welding Society Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) do not memorize the code, go look it up!
I will usually print out copies of the pages of the code that correspond to the questions I'm likely to be asked for my own reference and to be able to hand them out to the welders that want them for reference.
Also when speaking about torque values for any nut and bolt fastener it is important to remember that torque values correspond to tension.
What this means is that you want a specific tension on the stud or bolt and that is arrived at by a certain torque amount. The cleanliness and condition of the threads of both the nut and the bolt or stud can greatly affect (change) the tension you get for a given torque.
You should gently clean ( you don't want to use the power wire wheel and disturb the threads, by hand and careful with the elbow grease) and lubricate each time to get as accurate a tension as you can for the given torque. The correct tension is more important but the torque is the common way to measure that in automotive (scooter) applications!
This is especially important when using the same nut and bolt or stud and nut over and over again. It is a spring tension fastener.
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