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How to tighten down the heads on a Rapide when running in
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<blockquote data-quote="BlackLightning998" data-source="post: 530" data-attributes="member: 109"><p><strong>Ooops - can we check sizes please?</strong></p><p></p><p>Hi Tom,</p><p></p><p>I have just put some spanners on the three items needing to be moved - the locking nut on top of the cast head bracket is indeed 11/16th's or 18mm. The actual nut below it which holds the head bracket in place is slightly smaller than 21mm (sorry I don't yet have BSF/AF spanners to fit so won't be doing any work just yet).</p><p>Then the actual head bolt itself, the one I want to torque down, is the same again, a 21mm spanner is a little oversize on the flats so I need something larger that 11/16th I think.</p><p>The blue parts book from VinParts does not actually show the sizes of these three nuts/components - can you (or anybody else reading this, thanks) give me the actual sizes for the three - I need a crows foot spanner which is the imperial nearest to 21mm I think, not 11/16th which is too small.</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p><p></p><p>Stuart</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BlackLightning998, post: 530, member: 109"] [b]Ooops - can we check sizes please?[/b] Hi Tom, I have just put some spanners on the three items needing to be moved - the locking nut on top of the cast head bracket is indeed 11/16th's or 18mm. The actual nut below it which holds the head bracket in place is slightly smaller than 21mm (sorry I don't yet have BSF/AF spanners to fit so won't be doing any work just yet). Then the actual head bolt itself, the one I want to torque down, is the same again, a 21mm spanner is a little oversize on the flats so I need something larger that 11/16th I think. The blue parts book from VinParts does not actually show the sizes of these three nuts/components - can you (or anybody else reading this, thanks) give me the actual sizes for the three - I need a crows foot spanner which is the imperial nearest to 21mm I think, not 11/16th which is too small. Cheers Stuart [/QUOTE]
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