Handle bar clamp Torque specc

[RickCA]

Not trying to make this too complicated. Looking for proper torque specc for the 4 handlebar clamp bolts
Looking here

Matryx Snowmobile Handlebar Adjustment | Polaris Snowmobiles

How to customize the handlebar alignment on your Polaris snowmobile

www.polaris.com

Top of the page on the diagram It states 35inch lbs (4 nm)

Then down lower on the same page it states
"Torque the two clamp nuts at top of the handlebar to 11 ft-lbs (15 Nm), followed by the lower two."

So which is it? 35 inch lbs or 11ft lbs (97 inch lbs). That's a pretty wide margin... don't want to snap my clamps.

 

[zaasman]

Here's what I found in the service manuals: '22 Matryx RMK says 9.5 Nm; '21 Matryx Trail says 15 Nm. A few years back I followed the torque spec for the bar mount on my 2012 pro (essentially identical to Matryx setup), the FSM there said 20 Nm. I stripped the bolt and learned better. I never put a torque wrench to bar mounts and controls anymore, and go be feel.

 

[RickCA]

I appreciate that. Wow, that's even more random torque values lol. 4nm felt pretty soft to me so I may crank it up a bit to 9.5 and call it a day. Thank you.

 

[PSI 800]

what zassman said

 

[Sheetmetalfab]

Here's what I found in the service manuals: '22 Matryx RMK says 9.5 Nm; '21 Matryx Trail says 15 Nm. A few years back I followed the torque spec for the bar mount on my 2012 pro (essentially identical to Matryx setup), the FSM there said 20 Nm. I stripped the bolt and learned better. I never put a torque wrench to bar mounts and controls anymore, and go be feel.

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The aluminum clamps, steel bolts, aluminum threaded riser on trail sleds, steel nyloc nuts on mtn all have varying amounts of micro seizure as you tighten them. Any corrosion throws a wrench in there also.

I carry spare bolts, nuts and tighten until the bars move under a crash but not a standard bail / rollover / full send.