Re-torque heads

[bobrk1]

Never  did  on  my  shovel , but  used blue  Teflon  on  the  sporty and  would  put  on  about  10  miles  then re-torque  them or I  would  blow one  of  them

[david lee]

years go when i had my top end apart and reinstalled the hd mec at the time said what torque, just tight.never been touched since,still running like a clock 30 yrs later

[HotRodShovel]

This is all very interesting as I've always had to re-torque. Keep in mind I've always used the Cometic MLS head gaskets so maybe thats the odd ball in the equation. But Cometic says re-torque is not necessary.....Who knows?

[a_disalvo]

S&S also claims retorque is not needed, but I did find 2 bolts on the rear head out of spec by a few FT./ lbs.Frank