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Took me 5 years to realize I was overtorquing injector hold-down bolts
I used to just crank them down with a wrench til it felt tight, been doing that since I started at a shop near Nashville in 2018. Then a Cummins rep came through last month and showed me the torque spec sheet I had been ignoring the whole time. Anyone else ever find out they been messing up a basic step for years?
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marymorgan26d ago
I mean, once you get the right torque wrench and actually use it, you'll notice a huge difference in how clean the injectors seat. I'd grab a beam style torque wrench for those, they're way more reliable than the click ones for smaller fasteners like that.
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sam_anderson26d ago
Yeah, I feel that. Did the exact same thing on my own truck for way too long. Just kept cranking until it felt right.
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