Gearbox torque

[nick]

The Leyland Manual has a list of torques for nearly everything. So I looked up the gear box ones since I'm putting the front and rear covers on my 5 speed. The torques called out for the gearbox to cover are 10 foot pounds or 13nm. That's hardly more than hand tight. I went to 20 lb/ft and it still seems like not enough. Is spec that low in order that the gasket not get compressed too much?


nick
'79 TR7

[DNK]

Torque usually has to do with the bolt size and what it is going into.

Don
"No More Cars For You"
71 TR6- Perpetual remodel
80 TR7 V8 Kick in the pants

[Marko]

dont forget to clean the threads with a tap, and lube the thread before torquing down, that way, small torque makes good enough tension on the bolt.

And flanges are torqued down in sequence , so after couple of passes across all bolts , the stuff is rigidly clamped.