Another nice piece of info would be the torque spec for the bases. Looking in the service manual, it looks like 29 ft-lb (front engine hanger bolt). Is that right? I'm still waiting on my sliders to arrive, so I'm not sure if Vortex provides that number or not.

 

I think you're right on the torque. But when in doubt, error on the weak/light side. These are cast iron bolts being screwed into a relative soft aluminum engine block, so over-tightening could be disastrous. It didn't take much to remove the stock bolts, so I didn't tighten much installing the new bolts. I also chose to use blue loktite so that I wouldn't have to worry about the torque. Those bolts won't move until I break the bond from the loktite.

 

Here is a picture of the tool I bought. If anyone cares...

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That would do the trick too.

 

I spent some serious time on typing this up, and the question of installing frame sliders has come up a bunch lately so.... BUMP

 

how can iget the tool

 

This is exactly what I was looking for. I am going to install my sliders this weekend. Thanks.

 

I installed my frame sliders using this guide and it was a simple short job.. thanks for the advice you saved all of us tons of money from the savage dealers..

 

Can I purchase this head bolt, fairing punch tool at Lowe's? I will need it soon.

 

That is a great write-up. I was a little leary about drilling my fairing but this really helped my decide to get vortex frame sliders.