Torque setting for Roll Bar supports (cross bars)
Hi all, does anyone know what the torque setting is for the roll bar hoop supports? Should be the same for both SR3 and SR8. Thanks!
Hi Crit, I have an aviation background so I tend to torque everything. But to be honest I have never torqued these bolts. I put anti-seize on them and tighten them drown firmly. You could use the standard torque values on page 44 of the SR3 Gen 3 manual if you want an exact value.
Charley
@charleyhradicalsportscarregistry-com, Thanks Charley. What’s your aviation background? My B.S. was aviation management and in undergrad I was the captain of the SJSU Precision Flight Team, we competed on the national level against Embry Riddle and other colleges that had flight teams. My dad and I owned an Aeronca Champ 7EC but sold that many years back.
@crit, I retired from a long career at Boeing. I started in a leadership roll in Commercial aircraft programs. Then I moved to military aircraft, Research and development/advanced composites, and then over to space programs such as the Space Shuttle and satellites. I spent the last ~10 years as an executive leading a large engineering group. I was fortunate to work on many amazing products with some truly amazing people.
Charley
@charleyhradicalsportscarregistry-com, what an amazing career! We had a neighbor that worked on the Milestar program as well as F-22 development. I started out in aerospace engineering but switched to aviation after 2 years of C++ and programming classes I realized I loved being behind the controls more than behind a keyboard. That’s awesome you got to work both in civil and defense.