Tourque rating for flywheel and headbolts???

[PatRarick 1]

MPH - Are head bolts really 190 ft lbs?? Seems very high. Don't have my Briggs rebuild book with me.

[PatRarick 1]

190 INCH lbs, not FOOT lbs. It is 145 FOOT lbs. for the flywheel nut. Oh well, that's what Easy-outs and Heli-coils are for. As to polarizing the starter-generator, I don't have an answer either. I used to do it on the old generators, but don't know if this was necessary on the starter-generators. If you are having charging problems, an easy test is to start the engine and run at a little over half throttle. Ground the "F" terminal on the starter-generator with a screwdriver and watch the ammeter. In general, if it shows a charge, the voltage regulator is bad. No charge shows that the generator is bad. If you see a shower of sparks and the wires start burning, you have shorted the wrong terminal! Good luck! Pat

[MPH 12]

Boy, do I feel stupidddddddddd, didn't look at the top of the chart for the head bolts, John, sure hope you didn't use that info before I was corrected. thanks Pat...MPH

[johnb110 0]

Could one of you kind gentlemen/women tell me the torque specs for the flywheel and headbolts. Also dumb question #2 What is polarizing the starter generator and what happens when you don't do this when removing or installing it

[MPH 12]

Guessin you have a cast iron briggsm230000 -320000 engine flywheel is 145 ft lbs head bolts are 190..as for question # 2 I'll read a reply on instead of steering you wrong..MPH