[TR] TR3 steering gear bolt stubbornness

[Randall]

>     However, on attempting to reinstall a longer bolt, I met 
> with considerable tightening resistance.  Greater even than 
> it's 25 ft.lb. torque specification.
> I think this bolt was a 3/8" fine thread.  Should I just 
> continue tightening it?

NO, definitely not !  Take it back apart, find and fix the problem.

If memory serves, those bolts are specials; maybe you've got the wrong bolt
and it's bottoming in the threads.  But whatever the problem, you should fix
it rather than just leaning on it harder.

Randall