Like they say in that old Kingston Trio song – "You've got a point there,
judge...". I'm going to
have to go back to my engine manual and look this up.
Gary McCormick
San Jose, CA
Gordon Glasgow wrote:
> I don't think the head bolts are single-use, otherwise you wouldn't be able
>to retorque the head.
> The ROD bolts, however, are single-use (even though I've reused them in the
>past - no more).
>
> svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com wrote:
>
> > I've been waiting to see if anyone else would weigh in on this one, but
>here goes... I was
> > under the impression that the flywheel bolts were in the same
>classification as the head
> > bolts, that is, that they are "true-stretch" bolts, designed to take a set
>at their
> > specified torque, used once and discarded.
>
> --
> Gordon Glasgow
> http://www.gordon-glasgow.org
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