Head bolt retorque
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 7:23 pm
What procedure do you use to retorque the head bolts ... back off and retorque each bolt in the sequence or loosen them all and then retorque in sequence ?
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oldelanman wrote: "back off and retorque each bolt in the sequence"
This!
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Definitely NOT this!
"loosen them all and then retorque in sequence ?"
alan.barker wrote: is that just an internal Doc because printed on the left is " not to be redistributed" Could you say what Doc that is please Alan
types26/36 wrote:I normally loose them approx a quarter of a turn just enough to ?break the torque lock? then retighten to specs.This is done ONE AT A TIME in the tightening sequence.