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Caught a torque spec typo in a repair manual, glad I checked
Was torquing down the front spindles on my 2005 Polaris last weekend. Manual said 38 ft-lbs, but the service bulletin I found online said the revised spec was 52 ft-lbs after a recall. Called the dealer in Tulsa to confirm, and they said the old number caused bearing failures on that model year. Cost me an extra phone call and 15 minutes, but probably saved a hub job down the road. How often do you guys cross-check torque specs against the updated bulletins? Has anyone else found a bad number in the factory manual?
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wyatta3023d ago
Checked my own stuff after reading this and yeah, it happens more than people want to admit. I've seen it with baby formula scoops, with medicine doses on those little cups, with wiring diagrams for home outlets where the book shows a 15 amp breaker on a 20 amp line. Somebody prints it once, it gets copied forever, and the fix lives in some bulletin nobody reads. Takes five minutes to double check and saves you a whole weekend of redoing work. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.
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the_tara23d ago
That formula scoop thing got me, I always rolled my eyes at double checking but not now.
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