Hi, I've never used a torque wrench when tightening the heads on the 99s or Commandos I've owned. Question is, will a torque wrench fit into the back of cyl space for the rear nut and the two front recessed nuts?
I was thinking of buying one but not sure if it would fit.
Anyone else tightening by hand without a torque wrench?
Way round it
I made an adaptor to use any spanner with a torque wrench as in the picture. If you position the torque wrench at 90 degrees to the spanner the torque setting will be correct. Although for many years I didn't use a torque wrench on Norton cylinder heads and didn't have a problem.
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All the Bracebridge Dominator were built without the use of a torque wrench.
It was only when Commandos started being thrown together that these gadgets became part of the assembly tool set.
You can purchase adaptors such as 'Crows Feet' to use for nuts / bolts in hard to reach areas.
Or do as Ian has shown add a spanner to the wrench nut. The problem with this being that you have to allow for the extra length of the addition.
There is a mathematical way of working the numbers out.
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A standard torque wrench has a bulky head, and will not fit in behind the head, even without the socket fitted.
If the engine is in the bike, a short ring spanner is about all you can use.