Just bought a 2019 Road Glide. Installed 13 inch shocks on the rear to replace the 12 inchers.....the 2019 service manual calls out a torque of 63-70 Ft pounds for the attachment bolts. If I recall correctly the torque for these bolts on my 2009 was 35-40 Ft lb. It's the same P/N bolts on the 2019 as the 2009. So I'm thinking this torque value is too high. So I split the difference and torqued them to 50 Ft lbs.
Now I'm wondering how many other mistakes are in the freaking manual.....geez eh....

 

No magic involved, it probably will not fall out of the air.

Bolt Torq guide
http://www.repairengineering.com/bolt-torque-chart.html

 

 

My '13 FSM specifies 35-40 ft-lbs as well

 

How do you know it's an error and not just an updated torque spec? These are two completely different bikes.

 

Agree they're different bikes BUT the P/N of the subject bolt is the same (3607), so why the torque increase?

 

 

35-40 in the 2015 touring FSM.

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Touring FSM
2016 35-40

2017 63-70
2018 63-70

 

Hmmm I need to check SM that just arrived last week. Think I only tightened mine to 40.