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Check Those Axle Bolts [message #163172]

Fri, 16 March 2012 13:38

WD0AFQ

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Make sure you check those bolts. Bert Curtis wired mine. After we pulled the first blown engine I have not rewired them. Every time I check the driver's side, they are loose. The plan is to rewire them. My passenger side bolts are always tight. I have been around when a couple of axles came loose. Not a good sound. Can you imagine that axle flailing around under there? There are a couple of guys on this net that can tell you all about it.
Takes 3 minutes to snug them. I can wiggle around and get all of mine from the top. At least this time my header bolts remained tight. Using the thick Remflex that Jim K. gave me. We have about 3500 miles on this engine install. I had 2,000 on it last time I had to tighten the header bolts.
I think being able to see our engine, from the driver's seat, keeps me checking things before each trip. All intake bolts were tight, but as usual, had to snug the tappet cover bolts and the thermostat bolts.
Looking forward to seeing our friends next week and praying for "uneventful" trips for everyone.
Dan and Teri

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		Check Those Axle Bolts By: WD0AFQ on Fri, 16 March 2012 13:38
		Re: Check Those Axle Bolts By: Steve L. Clevenger on Fri, 16 March 2012 13:47
		Re: Check Those Axle Bolts By: WD0AFQ on Fri, 16 March 2012 14:50
		Re: Check Those Axle Bolts By: Bob de Kruyff on Fri, 16 March 2012 13:53
		Re: Check Those Axle Bolts By: Matt Colie on Sat, 17 March 2012 08:41
		Re: [GMCnet] Check Those Axle Bolts By: jimk on Sat, 17 March 2012 09:41
		Re: [GMCnet] Check Those Axle Bolts By: WD0AFQ on Sat, 17 March 2012 12:24
		Re: [GMCnet] Check Those Axle Bolts By: Steve L. Clevenger on Sat, 17 March 2012 12:38
		Re: Check Those Axle Bolts By: RadioActiveGMC on Sat, 17 March 2012 13:27
		Re: Check Those Axle Bolts By: WD0AFQ on Sat, 17 March 2012 13:39
		Re: [GMCnet] Check Those Axle Bolts By: James Hupy on Sat, 17 March 2012 14:04
		Re: [GMCnet] Check Those Axle Bolts By: WD0AFQ on Sat, 17 March 2012 14:16
		Re: [GMCnet] Check Those Axle Bolts By: Matt Colie on Sat, 17 March 2012 18:06
		Re: [GMCnet] Check Those Axle Bolts By: Larry C on Sun, 18 March 2012 12:26
		Re: [GMCnet] Check Those Axle Bolts By: WD0AFQ on Sun, 18 March 2012 12:40
		Re: [GMCnet] Check Those Axle Bolts By: Larry C on Sun, 18 March 2012 13:09
		Re: [GMCnet] Check Those Axle Bolts By: WD0AFQ on Sun, 18 March 2012 14:26
		Re: [GMCnet] Check Those Axle Bolts By: A Hamilto on Sun, 18 March 2012 14:32
		Re: [GMCnet] Check Those Axle Bolts By: Ken Burton on Sun, 18 March 2012 17:19
		Re: Check Those Axle Bolts By: Ken Burton on Sat, 17 March 2012 19:27
		Re: [GMCnet] Check Those Axle Bolts By: Greg and April on Sun, 18 March 2012 20:00
		Re: Check Those Axle Bolts By: RadioActiveGMC on Mon, 19 March 2012 10:27
		Re: Check Those Axle Bolts By: WD0AFQ on Mon, 19 March 2012 10:35
		Re: [GMCnet] Check Those Axle Bolts By: USAussie on Mon, 19 March 2012 19:09
		Re: [GMCnet] Check Those Axle Bolts By: Steven Ferguson on Thu, 22 March 2012 06:39
		Re: Check Those Axle Bolts By: kingd on Mon, 19 March 2012 19:56
		Re: [GMCnet] Check Those Axle Bolts By: USAussie on Mon, 19 March 2012 21:11
		Re: [GMCnet] Check Those Axle Bolts By: Steve L. Clevenger on Mon, 19 March 2012 23:16
		Re: [GMCnet] Check Those Axle Bolts By: Ken Henderson on Tue, 20 March 2012 07:46
		Re: [GMCnet] Check Those Axle Bolts By: Steve L. Clevenger on Tue, 20 March 2012 18:09
		Re: [GMCnet] Check Those Axle Bolts By: Bob de Kruyff on Tue, 20 March 2012 19:48
		Re: [GMCnet] Check Those Axle Bolts By: Ken Henderson on Wed, 21 March 2012 19:36
		Re: Check Those Axle Bolts By: kingd on Wed, 21 March 2012 20:25
		Re: [GMCnet] Check Those Axle Bolts By: Jp Benson on Thu, 22 March 2012 08:59
		Re: [GMCnet] Check Those Axle Bolts By: Ken Henderson on Thu, 22 March 2012 09:32
		Re: [GMCnet] Check Those Axle Bolts By: Jp Benson on Thu, 22 March 2012 10:53

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