I ordered me a v&h exhaust system last week. Hopefully it will be here by friday. I stopped by the dealer and got 2 new gaskets. Can someone tell me what I should torque the header nuts to? Its a 05 heritage. Thanks.

 

Finger tighten upper nut. Tighten lower nut to 9-18 in/lb. Torque upper nut to 100-120 in/lb. Tighten lower nut to 100-120 in/lb. If you don't have an inch/pound torque wrench, divide by 12 to get the foot/pound equivilent. In other words, 120 inch/pounds equals 10 foot/pounds. Read the directions you get with the exhaust, but generally you would align the exhaust system first, finger tighten all bolts, then start at the cylinder head exhaust nuts and work backwards to fully tighten according to specs, usually 96-100 inch/pounds at the interconnecting bolts,but check directions you get with the exhaust.

 

Thanks for the info. I only have a foot lbs torque wrench and searched but only found stuff for touring and dynas which were different.