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Old Oct 21, 2007 | 04:44 PM
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Putting on the D&D Fatcat and broke one muffler clamp when I attempted to torque to 150 in lbs as specified in the directions. Have a new clamp on now, and have torqued to about 120, but am leery of going to the 150. Did you have any problems when you torqued yours to 150?
 
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To clarify, the bolt on the clamp broke.
 
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Old Oct 21, 2007 | 04:48 PM
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Yeah, the one on mine broke when I torqued it down too. No biggie IMO, I just got a new one at Lowes & finished the job.

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I did the exact same thing from Home Depot and D&D sent out a replacement clamp that I keep as a spare.
 
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i had no problem tightning mine, and i know its way over 150 in/lbs

 
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I torqued mine to tight.....never had a problem since.
 
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Torqued my second clamp to 150 and no problem. Will probably pick one up from home depot just to keep on hand.
 
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I would like to stop and pick one up tonight but dont know what size it is. Anybody know off hand. I was going to get a 3 incher but think it would have been too big.

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Torque???? I just tightened mine up tight
 
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Just installed mine on friday and the same thing happened. Didn't get to 150 and the bolt snapped ! Pulled the muffler off , vise gripped the broken half of the bolt out, went to the hardware store and got a new bolt, reinstalled and re-torqued. No more trouble. Must just be weak bolts.
Sure like the way it looks and sounds.
 
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