Higgspeed expansion chamber install

[Repeater]

Hey fellas,

I am putting my T500 back together. I installed one of the little header connections with the exhaust seal. I was torquing to 34Nm and the flanges on the outside started to bend before it hit the 34nm? To tight? What's the suggested value to use?

[jabcb]

34 NM, or 25 ft-lb, is too much for nearly everything on a T500.
Specification-3 list the general torque specs: http://www.ozebook.com/compendium/techb ... %201-5.pdf

Use new exhaust gaskets. A use a 1/4" flex-head ratchet to make sure I don't over tighten bolts like that. (Amateur mechanic here)

[sportston]

My Higgies bend easily too. It’s the way Alan made them. They are lightweight pipes, including the flanges. I found, if you don’t tighten until they bend, they either leak or the nuts come loose. He should have made the flanges out of thicker steel IMO.