Tightening the weight pin bolt/nut. How tight?

[Jacob02]

I'm changing weights in my Primary Clutch to the Speedwerx 10,000'+ kit and am curious how tight to get the weight pin bolt and nut? Just tight enough where the weight still moves free and easy?

In order to get the little setscrew out i had to use a little heat... but then I had to actually tap the weight pin bolt out it was in the weight so tight. Did the heat do this somehow? This was factory... Never touched on my 2015 until now.

 

[Frostbite]

I'm with you Jacob, I just changed the weights on my 2015 and I have never seen set screw bolts so tight. I heated them as well and ended up having to use an ice cube on the set screw after heating the weight and it actually worked (thanks to Steve at MDS for the tip).

As far as tightening the bolts. I tighten them after putting blue loctite on the threads of each bolt. As I tighten the nuts I watch the rubber O rings and keep swinging the weight and once it doesn't want to swing freely any longer I start backing the nut off about and 1/8 of turn and swing the weight again until it frees up just enough to swing fairly freely. There's a fine line between snug and swings fairly freely and loose and weight swings very freely. Watch the little rubber O rings and make sure they are snugged up but not flattened out. OK, that was way too much explanation, sorry.

 

[Jacob02]

I'm with you Jacob, I just changed the weights on my 2015 and I have never seen set screw bolts so tight. I heated them as well and ended up having to use an ice cube on the set screw after heating the weight and it actually worked (thanks to Steve at MDS for the tip).

As far as tightening the bolts. I tighten them after putting blue loctite on the threads of each bolt. As I tighten the nuts I watch the rubber O rings and keep swinging the weight and once it doesn't want to swing freely any longer I start backing the nut off about and 1/8 of turn and swing the weight again until it frees up just enough to swing fairly freely. There's a fine line between snug and swings fairly freely and loose and weight swings very freely. Watch the little rubber O rings and make sure they are snugged up but not flattened out. OK, that was way too much explanation, sorry.

Excellent. Thanks for spelling it out to me! I appreciate it!

Did you use blue loctite on the set screws to?

 

[boondocker97]

Nuts just tight enough to take up the slack and let the weight swing free. Nuts are self-locking so no need for loc-tite on them. Heat is always required to get the setscrews loose. Make sure the old loc-tite is cleared out of the weight before you re-install the set screw. Verify by running the set screw all the way through the weight while it is out. There is so much from the factory that it can get tight before actually bottom out in weight pin. Red loc-tite on the set screw when it goes back in.

 

[Jacob02]

Red!? Oh man... Really?

 

[Vern]

I always use blue on weight pins just to be safe then only tighten them enough so there's no side to side play in the pin but the weight will pivot fairly freely. I use red on set screws, even with the red I've had a weight or two that would wiggle loose and wobble on the pin.

 

[Sled208]

I've always tightened them down. The bolt is shouldered so you can't overdo it. They feel snug with the o rings making a little friction. Never seen any issues with rpm's and every new sled I've touched is setup this way from the factory. Always have to heat the set screw and I always put blue loctite on them when installing. I've done many sleds this way

 

[Silverado19]

Service Manual says 19 inch pounds using green Loctite #620.

 

[Icedog]

As far as tightening the bolts. I tighten them after putting blue loctite on the threads of each bolt. As I tighten the nuts I watch the rubber O rings and keep swinging the weight and once it doesn't want to swing freely any longer I start backing the nut off about and 1/8 of turn and swing the weight again until it frees up just enough to swing fairly freely.

Exactly the way I do it too Frosty. Takes a few extra minutes but whatever.

 

[Chewy22]

Service Manual says 19 inch pounds using green Loctite #620.

For the weights pins or set screw? The last set of factory weights I bought had red dry loc-tite on the set screws. I removed the dry loc-tite and used red liquid. I think the liquid works much better then the dry stuff. I have never used loc-tite on the weight pins, like said above already has a nylon locking nut. But maybe a little blue wouldn't hurt.