Quote Originally Posted by LoneWolf View Post
If that was an issue anything with a shouldered barrel would be in trouble every time it was cold.
I didn't mean everything comes loose in cold but it is simple physics that metals will shrink at different rates in cold so in theory if the barrel nut is just tight enough at room temperature then it could possibly loosen up in extreme temp changes such as cold or heat. So I was speaking in theory and my face and the people around me deserve correct torque. Now I'm sure there is quite a bit of room for error...but I will say I used to torque everything by hand...including oil changes until I ruined a 300 dollar oil pan on my motorcycle. A decent torque wrench costs 100 bucks and I use it for everything so why not use it for the barrel nut.

Now I'm sure anything between 30 and 90 will work fine...just curious what everyone has been torquing too