Hi, I’ve looked through my manual and various threads here, but cannot find any mention of what to torque the exhaust port flange stud to…(?)
I have a new stud after removing the original when the nut would not come off. I’m planning on using Anti-seize on the new one and the nuts. This is on an ‘03 Superglide if that matters. Thanks in advance for any help.

 

10-15 lb/ft.
not much more than hand tight. Run it around the block a few times then re-torque after it cools down.
Check occasionally.

 

Mine continually came loose so I used double nuts on each of them.

 

Feeling and good judgement are better friends here than any torque wrench will ever be .

 

agree, a torque wrench in the wrong hands,,,,

 

Thank you gentlemen, warning taken… just was somewhat surprised I couldn’t find anything in the Bible… nuts and sequence, yeah, but nothing specifically for the stud itself.
It came out so easy, and obviously not much put on it at the motor co. Thanks again.

 

Studs are supposed to have a slight interference fit. That's what keeps them in when you loosen the nut. If it's a replacement then it may be loose. Some studs are available in oversize for that purpose; don't know if Harley has that or not. You may be able to find an aftermarket one.

If it wasn't an exhaust stud you could try Loctite, but in this case, Loctite probably won't help; the heat is too high.

 

Cannot agree. Someone with zero experience is better of using a tq wrench. I will also say experienced guys guessing, is just a guess.

Only thing that bothered me tq is one time I tried to tq spak plug out of curosity. It just felt like to much. But I did have one blow out, and maybe if properly tqed it would not have. I replaced a ton of them riding snowmobile, so spare me any lectures.

What I do attribute the plug coming loose to, it had 10k miles on it. If I would have replaced, it would not have happened.

 

I think some people are missing he replaced the stud that goes into the head. I believe.

 

Right , so when they wrote Flange Stud they meant Flange NUT . On the assumption that you have fitted new graphite / mesh Crush Gaskets , you need to tighten the nuts evenly until you feel ( That word again ) the header embedding into the gasket sufficiently to create a gas proof seal . The reason HD do not give a torque setting for this operation is that you are not bolting metal to metal and therefore no reliable setting can be given .