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Re: [TR] General Conversation

To: terryrs@comcast.net
Subject: Re: [TR] General Conversation
From: Tony Drews <tony@tonydrews.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:46:15 -0600
That is the correct technique.

- Tony Drews

At 07:19 AM 11/22/2010, terryrs@comcast.net wrote:

> >...you want to retorque with the engine either warm or
> >hot.  You'll probably be surprised at how much movement you get.
>
>I have always gone on the assumption that when re-torquing, it's 
>best to crack the nut loose first, then torque, before moving on to 
>the next nut in sequence.  I've worried that I might get a false 
>reading from it otherwise if the nut is quasi-frozen and I didn't 
>know it.  Probably overkill.
>
>Terry Smith
>New Hampshire


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