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touch control gasket?

Postby CraigKennedy » Sat Dec 06, 2014 5:50 pm

Hey yall, about 3 months ago I rebuilt my touch control unit, using new o-rings and gaskets. I just left from working on my Lo-boy and I see that there is fluid leaking all the way around the bottom gasket. If I remember right, I used the gasket and Hi-tack gasket sealant on the gasket. and I torqued(with a torque wrench) the bottom bolts to 25ft/lbs. has anybody else ever had this happen?
P.S, I have the drain plug tight and it has Teflon tape on it
Thanks, Craig

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Re: touch control gasket?

Postby John *.?-!.* cub owner » Sat Dec 06, 2014 7:13 pm

There is a misprint in the manual, those are 5/16 bolts and should only be torqued to 13 ft.lb. The gasket is probably squeezed out some, or if you are unlucky a bolt has broken. Several people have broken those little bolts by torquing them to the 25 in the service manual.
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Re: touch control gasket?

Postby SundaySailor » Mon Dec 08, 2014 1:24 pm

John *.?-!.* cub owner wrote:There is a misprint in the manual, those are 5/16 bolts and should only be torqued to 13 ft.lb. The gasket is probably squeezed out some, or if you are unlucky a bolt has broken. Several people have broken those little bolts by torquing them to the 25 in the service manual.


John is right as rain on this. I remember breaking several new bolts torquing them to the 25 ft lbs as mentioned in the manual. I came here and someone else confirmed it was a misprint in the manual.
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