GENERALINFORMATIONSTANDARDCHARTSANDTABLES
GENERALINFORMATIONE.2-0000051234
Thismanualprovidesdualdimensioningformany
specications.Metricunitsarespeciedrst,with
U.S.standardunitsinparentheses.Whentorque
valuesarenotspeciedintheassemblyinstructions
containedinthismanual,usethestandardtorque
valueforthehardwarebeingused.Standardvalue
torquetablesarecontainedinthischapterformetric
andSAEhardware.
ThistruckisassembledwithbothmetricandSAE
(U.S.)hardware.Referencethecorrecttablewhen
determiningthepropertorquevalue.
•Referencesthroughoutthemanualto
standardtorquesorotherstandardvalues
willbetooneofthefollowingtables.Donot
usestandardvaluestoreplacespecictorque
valuesinassemblyinstructions.
Forvaluesnotshowninanyofthechartsortables,
standardconversionfactorsformostcommonlyused
measurementsareprovidedinthefollowingtables.
EffectOfSpecialLubricants
TheKomatsuengineeringdepartmentdoesnot
recommendtheuseofspecialfriction-reducing
lubricants,suchasCopperCoat,Never-Seez®,and
othersimilarproducts,onthethreadsofstandard
fastenerswherestandardtorquevaluesareapplied.
Theuseofspecialfriction-reducinglubricantswill
signicantlyaltertheclampingforcebeingappliedto
fastenersduringthetighteningprocess.
Ifspecialfriction-reducinglubricantsareusedwith
thestandardtorquevalueslistedinthischapter,
excessivestressandpossiblebreakageofthe
fastenersmayresult.
Wherethetorquetablesspecify“LubricatedThreads”
forthestandardtorquevalueslisted,thesestandard
torquevaluesaretobeusedwithsimplelithium
basechassisgrease(multi-purposeEPNLGI)ora
rust-preventivegrease(seebelow)onthethreads
andseatsunlessspeciedotherwise.
NOTE:Ensurethethreadsoffastenersandtapped
holesarefreeofburrsandotherimperfectionsbefore
assembling.
SuggestedSourcesForRustPreventive
Grease
NOTE:Thislistrepresentsthecurrentengineering
approvedsourcesforuseinKomatsumanufacture.It
isnotexclusive.Otherproductsmaymeetthesame
specicationsofthislist.
•AmericanAnti-RustGrease#3-XfromStandardOil
Company(alsoAmericanOilCo.)
•GulfNoRust#3fromGulfOilCompany.
•Mobilarma355,ProductNo.66705fromMobilOil
Corporation.
•RustBan326fromHumbleOilCompany.
•RustoleneBGreasefromSinclairOilCo.
•RustPreventiveGrease-Code312fromthe
SouthwestGreaseandOilCompany.
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