| Re: [GMCnet] Axle Bolt [message #176326] |
Wed, 11 July 2012 11:20  |
Arthur Mansfield
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I guess I need ti get under mine before I leave. I can not remember how I
torque the bolts when I installed them. I guess I have over 10k on them
since i installed them when I rebuilt the engine. I used the same bolts
that came off when I installed them. So far lucky on one thing but I am
beginning sure have lots of other problems since I changed rebuilt an
engine and changed it. Bad valve jobs (valve guides were bad and seat was
almost non existing), cracked head, leaking oil from intake manifold
(changed Head gasket while on the road) just to name a few.
So I better check the bolts and change them when I get home. I am not sure
how tight I should torque them at this point. I was thinking of checking
them to about 40 ft-lb and if they don't move leave them until I get home.
Any suggestions?
Art & Doris
76 EL
Decatur AL
Now at Oswego NY for July
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| Re: [GMCnet] Axle Bolt [message #176369 is a reply to message #176326] |
Wed, 11 July 2012 20:20  |
Ken Burton
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I believe the spec is 70 ft-lbs. If all of them are there, just run through them once with a torque wrench. If it they have not fallen out in 10k miles you won't have a problem with them.
For some reason it seems the driver's side are the ones that fall out. Just re-torque both sides and be done with it.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: [GMCnet] Axle Bolt [message #176391 is a reply to message #176380] |
Wed, 11 July 2012 23:42 |
Ken Burton
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That is exactly what I was thinking but I figured for his peace of mind why not check them with a torque wrench. It will only take 10 minutes of so to run through all of them.
| Robert Mueller wrote on Wed, 11 July 2012 21:48 |
Ken,
I reckon your first and third sentences below are 100% correct.
The second goes against "if it's not broke, don't fix it!"
Regards,
Rob M.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Burton
I believe the spec is 70 ft-lbs. If all of them are there, just run through
them once with a torque wrench. If it they have not fallen out in 10k miles
you won't have a problem with them.
For some reason it seems the driver's side are the ones that fall out.
Just re-torque both sides and be done with it.
--
Ken
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Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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