I know this has been discussed before & I even ask the question before - but I can not remember for sure and even though I did try a Head Bolt Torque search - there is just too much about Torque pipes to sift through.
I did find the box I got the copper head gasket for my 01 Squirt engine and I have 2 notes. 170 inch lbs stock in the book & circled 250 inch lbs circled. I think the 250 inch lbs came from Capt. Eddy in a previous discussion.
I just want to reaffirm that 250 inch lbs for the copper head gasket is the way to go???
Dale nailed it. Stick with the factory recommended 170 in-lb torque for iron cylinder Wombats (partly due to the narrow sections of the iron Wombat base gasket) - regardless of whether a copper or aluminum head gasket is used.
Loooooonnnnnnngggggggg after production ended, Harry Taylor tested and approved higher torque specs for the alloy cylinder 125cc engines. 250 in-lbs is good . . . again, regardless of which type of head gasket is used.
No, the Model 01 Dirt Squirt has an alloy cylinder (same as the Model 99 and 02 Road Toads) - so you can use the 250 in-lb spec for head nuts. (8mm cylinder studs)
The Model 96 (92C) chrome tank Dirt Squirt has the ACE style (iron cylinder) engine so it uses the earlier 105 in-lb torque spec for the head nuts. (6mm cylinder studs)
Ed
OK - makes sense now as to why I wrote down the 250 inch lbs - which I compute to be 20 foot lbs. So - a little bit off topic -I have been searching for click style inch pound torque wrenches and mostly find 250 inch lbs to be the max on 1/4" click style wrenches. Not sure why I need one since I have a 3/8 drive click style in foot pounds but I like tools. Have any thoughts in beam style vs click style torque wrenches???
