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Old 24-01-2019, 12:35 PM   #8
Luddite
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Originally Posted by jerry View Post
... the hex nut supposed to be 17mm or 14mm was not able to be used with metric spanners ??? had to use imperial ?? i torqued it to 20ft lbs
All my K&Ns were 17mm so perhaps it was a copy like stopintime suggested.

Also, the maximum torque recommended for the Evo (probably the same for the S4) is only 12 Nm, which is just under 9 lbft so 20 lbft seems a bit excessive?
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