crank pulley torque - wrong in books?

Hi all

Got the Impreza engine all back together and was just triple checking
what I have done - it will be going back in tomorrow if all goes well.

Just read a post that states that the crank pulley is supposed to be
tightened to over 100 ft/lb and that the manuals are all wrong. Is this
true?
Both my impreza manual say that it is supposed to be 69-76 ft/lb so I
tightened it to 73. Is that right? Does it require blue locktite? If
the manual is wrong, is it wrong elsewhere I need to know about?

tia
Remco

Edward Hayes wrote:
> 130 ft/lbs is the magic number for my 2.5L Forester 2000.

Thanks - looking at the engine manual for a 2.5, that is also
considerably higher. I'll retorque mine.
Wonder why these manuals are so consistently off..?

> "Remco" wrote in message
>
> > Hi all
> >
> > Got the Impreza engine all back together and was just triple
> > checking
> > what I have done - it will be going back in tomorrow if all goes
> > well.
> >
> > Just read a post that states that the crank pulley is supposed to be
> > tightened to over 100 ft/lb and that the manuals are all wrong. Is
> > this
> > true?
> > Both my impreza manual say that it is supposed to be 69-76 ft/lb so
> > I
> > tightened it to 73. Is that right? Does it require blue locktite? If
> > the manual is wrong, is it wrong elsewhere I need to know about?
> >
> > tia
> > Remco
> >