[6pack] Head studs

[Foster, Stan]

Thanks Dick, I assume you install the head in between these two steps..


I put a dab of Never-Seize on the first couple of the stud threads, screw them
into the block more or
less finger tight.


I then nut each stud and torque them to the standard,
first to 60 lb. and then again to 80 lb.


This makes sense and is consistent with other replies. My deck has been zero
blocked so I need to double check that the studs don't bottom out.

Stan

-----Original Message-----
From: Sally or Dick Taylor [mailto:tr6taylor at webtv.net]
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:00 AM
To: Foster, Stan
Cc: 6pack at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [6pack] Head studs

Stan---I never read this from any credible source (or any source, for
that matter) but here's my thoughts:

To aid in their (eventual) removal, I put a dab of Never-Seize on the
first couple of the stud threads, and screw them into the block more or
less finger tight. I then nut each stud and torque them to the standard,
first to 60 lb. and then again to 80 lb.  Torqueing the nut pulls the
stud threads up tight against the block threads. Never had a failure or
a blown head gasket doing it this way.


Dick

 From: stan.foster at hp.com(Foster, Stan)

Hi fellow 6packers. I wonder, do head studs need to be torqued to a
specific lb/ft into the block before installing the head or do they need
to be merely tightened until all of the thread has been consumed by the
block and the stud is no longer willing to rotate ?
Stan