1955 johnson power head mounting torque?

[breeze]

SO after a year, I'm finally reassembling my 1955 RDE17 25 hp. I can't find anything in the service manual regarding a specific torque for mounting the powerhead to the lower unit. Is there one, or just sung things nice and tight?

I went around 15ftlbs for the 2 hex head bolts and about 8ftlbs on the slotted screws and things were feeling pretty tight. I'm afraid to go further for fear of stripping something.

Thanks for any advice.

 

[samo_ott]

Re: 1955 johnson power head mounting torque?

Hmmm... Good question. I have the same engine but have never removed the powerhead. On other engines I have done, I have not used a torque wrench, just snugged em up. But they'd all be 18hp and under.