though manley recommends not to remove any material from rods for balancing purposes, need advice what do people think about this subject

haven't actually wighted yet, but the package states:


B/end------S/end-----total

405.6-----168.1------573.7
405.3-----168.6------573.9
405.8-----168.7------574.5
405.9-----168.7------574.6

match them to the lightest one or it's not such essential and folks here install them directly ?

 

do what Manley recommends " Nothing"


the rods have the ends balanced with each and not just simply their weight in its entirety.

 

i would balance them by throwing them in bin LOL

 

They're pretty close as is. i wouldnt sweat it. Thats a lot closer than i would have expected from the factory. I had some turbo tuffs that were ~2 grams different, before rebalancing

i just noticed that was what the package says... yeah, have them measured / verified.

my numbers were different than what manley claimed.

 

one more question, in manley manual there are bolt stretch and torque values side to side, should one refer to one or both of them. if both, first torque them to specs and then stretch the bolts accordingly or other way round ?
hope doesn't sound too dumb, noob in this subject

 

It is one or the other. You either use the bolt stretch method (best way) or you use the torque wrench method (way 90% of people actually do it). Both work well. If you use the torque wrench method use a good wrench and the recommended thread lube.

 

you could use torque wrench like 90% of people but if something goes wrong using that method everyone is going to point fingers saying you either did it wrong or your torque wrench is out of spec