I have a 99 obw. 2.5 dohc. Haynes manual just lists " cam bearing cap screws 70 - 90 in lbs. ?? Really Haynes? Really?

Well, it is INCH pounds, not FT-lbs. So that is something like 7.5 ft-lbs. Are you suggesting that the torque is too high or too low?

Well, just seemed low. Plus...the end caps are a diff size.I was thinking maybe 15 lbs?

Small block Chevy mentality I guess. Let's torque the hell out of everything.

Yep - I do 80 - shoot the middle of the range. For the end caps I beleive it's higher - like 120 inch lbs. They don't need to be crazy tight and these are only 6mm bolts.

 

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I just found a thread on this site titled " cam bearing cap torque sequence" in the thread is what looks like a fsm showing inner larger bolts at 14 ft lb and outer cap bolts at 7.5 ft lb?

^ yes that's what my FSM says for a 97 OBW since I searched on google last night I did not find much info on socket size but it seems to be 8 and 6mm bolts?

The 96 has different torque for the end caps than the 97-99 one does so lets not confuse the matter there. The end caps are a lower torque than the center ones without the thrust control surface/groove.

 

The haynes will get you in trouble its pretty awful about having the torque specs correct as it doesnt know the differences in years many of the times.

I would never go by what haynes says but then again the Subaru manual had a mistake too. but they quickly fixed it.