Tonight I used my new torque wrench to set the two bolts holding the tailwheel mount to the forward bulkhead. Van’s suggest orienting these bolts with the nuts forward, and I can see why. Trying to get a torque wrench into the aft side of the bulkhead would be unworkable due to the tight access. I torqued these to 99 inch pounds, per the guidance in Van’s instructions; 85 inch pounds for AN4 bolts with self locking nuts. Plus another 14 to account for the friction of the self-locking nuts on the bolts. The wrench was easy to use and it worked out great.
