I have just started polishing a replacement rocker cover as mine has the rear rh lug cracked. Interesting to note that the replacement one has stess lines in the casting and I will have to be careful when tightening the bolts not to crack it. Anyone else noticed stress lines on the casting?

ive seen a few like that there is a specific torque setting for these, if your fingers survive the rocker cover and your looking for anything else polished i do an exchange on plenums, rocker covers and fuel reals etc.

9Nm is the torque setting for the rocker cover bolts .

Baz

what if you havent got a torque wrench?

Buy one.... you can cause some serious damnage by not torqueing them up correctly.

been to two suppliers, one halfords, and they said they dont do small torque wrenches
only ones that start from 40 nm

use the inbuilt torque wrench in your wrist it doesnt have to be overly tight just nip it down nice and u'll have no problems

ye thats what i was going to do but i got the idea i shouldnt incase i broke it!
il just hand tighten it and it should be ok.i hope.

More like finger tight. Hand tight will do well over 40nm. Use two fingers close to the pivot point. But my advice is to get a torque wrench, you will need one if you ever plan to change your oil.

well all the places iv tried round here sell torque wrenches that start at 13 nm so itl be no use anyway.

I agree torque wrenches that go down to 7 or 9 Nm are hard to find. I have one that goes to 10NM but I will be very careful!!!

i think im gunna just hand(or finger in this case)tighten them and then find a local garage with a 9nm torque wrench and get them to tighten it.
sorted.