I was somewhat surprised to see Van's instructions for hanging the engine saying that because it's impossible to get a torque wrench on the nuts, and torquing the bolts is "unreliable", that we should torque the engine mounting nuts by "feel". The book says torque should be 450-500 inch/pounds. I can't say that I have any idea what the "feel" of 450-500 inch/pounds is.
It seems to me that torquing the bolt, while not completely accurate, would be a whole lot closer to correct than anything I could "feel". Just wondering what others thought and did.
It seems strange that four of the most important bolts in the airplane can't be properly torqued. You would think that someone would have come up with a special tool, or better yet, that the engine manufacturers would designed the engine to allow proper torquing.
Bill Rambo
RV-7A
It seems to me that torquing the bolt, while not completely accurate, would be a whole lot closer to correct than anything I could "feel". Just wondering what others thought and did.
It seems strange that four of the most important bolts in the airplane can't be properly torqued. You would think that someone would have come up with a special tool, or better yet, that the engine manufacturers would designed the engine to allow proper torquing.
Bill Rambo
RV-7A