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| | #21 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Fredericksburg, VA
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| Maybe not the lower, but I've always retorqued heads and intakes after a 100 miles or so.
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: N.Y.
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| Well I've shipped thousands and never tagged them that the end customer had to retorque it ![]() ![]() ![]()
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You youngsters have it too easy these days. Why, when I was your age, ratchet wrenches only worked in one direction, and if you wanted a 12 pt. socket you had to combine two 6 pt. ones. And it was a 5 mile trip to the toolbox, in 12 inches of snow, uphill BOTH ways!
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| must have been babbit bearings too!
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| Actually, I do remember those!
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| | #26 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Arizona
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| Well now a days everything is a torque to yield bolt as far as I understand it. I have heard about retorqueing head bolts well at least one of the old timers told me that.
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| | #28 |
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| Torque Specs. ![]()
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| | #30 |
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| Found this guy waiting for me when I got home last night. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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