torqing studs so how many people do it?

[chuckpp]

Just wondering a buddy works at skidoo shop and the just put them on with inpack gun.Just wondering how many people torque them?

 

[Riceburner]

I Torque but I am a bit of a perfectionist.

That being said. If you know what you are doing and are good at it, you can do an acceptable job with an impact gun.

 

[Pbadgley]

Torque them. An impact gun can over torque them and result in premature track wear. The rubber can split as a result of over torquing the studs. If they are to tight you risk ripping studs out.

 

[chuckpp]

Wow I have check one sled and with the inpack gun it wasn't even close to the 15 foot poundds they should be on my yamaha and the skidoo should be 30..

 

[Tod]

we have always set up the cordless drill so it ratchets at the proper tightness.... so the stud is just sunk into the track correctly..... way faster that putting the torque wrench on each one......tod..... ps don't forget the locktight

 

[Irv]

we have always set up the cordless drill so it ratchets at the proper tightness.... so the stud is just sunk into the track correctly..... way faster that putting the torque wrench on each one......tod..... ps don't forget the locktight

Basically how I do it, tighten just enough to slightly sink the back of the stud into the back side of the track.

Not that I have studded a lot of tracks in my life, but I have never used Loc-Tite and I have never had a problem once, and I do periodically check them to ensure they are always tight, and they always are.

 

[SteelerJim]

I have studded 2 sleds so far and torqued every stud. One sled has 1500 miles on them and the other 2200 miles. Both tracks look brand new.

 

[terez]

torquing

I've been studding sleds for 30 yrs...never used a torque wrench ever....also never had probs.
Always used quality studs and backers, enough for the HP and always stayed inside the rails.

I just studded my new Nytro FX with a single ply track.
I am already leary of single ply track durability so I paid very anal attn to studding this bitch.

I used the Woodys Grandmaster studs with the larger heads speciically for single ply tracks and used a torwue wrench to do the final tighten down.
I installed all the studs with an air ratchet ( the 90 degree ratchet style...Not a wheel nut style) and just letting the gun stall which seemed to pucker the studs in sufficiently like I always did.
I was surprised to see when I used the torque wrench that I needed a good amount of extra tightening to get to the 20ftlbs rec'd for the Grandmasters. This makes sense I guess as the standard type of studs I believe only call for 15 or so ftlbs which would have been pretty much where the airgun stalled at.

It didnt take too much extra effort to torque wrench verify the studs and I'm glad I did as I would have left them a good couple of lbs looser going by eye and past practice.

Studs still look rock solid so far with none loose after a lil inspection and trial retorque and we have been riding on concrete like hard conditions and frozen dirt etc this yr so far....and the Nytro has alot of initial torque plankin those studs