Well, in my own defense I did say I referenced a video made by Eric at OldMiniBikes. I have also emailed him to let him know of a potential mistake. Eric is a great guy and I fault nobody but myself. Time to remove those bolts redo the locktite and retorque them to 17 ft/lbs.
I didn't know Eric had made a mistake. I assumed that SAS289 made a mistake and posted head torques for side cover torques. I have never touched a Predator, and I was not the one who mentioned the torque in the first place!
I do know who on OldMiniBikes are "great guys" and who are not. My ONLY point in even posting in this thread was your comment that you shouldn't use Loctite, and me correcting that comment.
Thanks Moe, Dave is loving this!
Your comments in the video matched the specifications posted on OldMiniBikes's website. I did not post them here as evidence of something "wrong,"
only that Moe used the right values. How in the hell do I know what the torque values are for a Predator? This is too funny! I post OldMiniBikes numbers here as PROOF you did it right in the video, and you and Moe are on my ass!
The fact that you would assume I posted OldMiniBikes's published specifications here was an effort to discredit you speaks volumes. I have no wish to see you fail. Even if I knew your video and the OldMiniBikes published numbers were wrong, I would have kept my mouth shut, like I have done on several other issues here, all the way around.