Makes sense to me, Gordie. MOre than one way to "skin a cat."
Cheers,
CR
mg_garage@comcast.net wrote:
> Now that I have everyone's opinion, I have always done it the way Ian
>described. Since I put in the hot s*it ARP studs I figured I'd get their take
>on it. Al, from tech support at ARP, said that I should crack the nut
>loose, then torque back, and do it in the normal order. This does make sense
>to me as the reverse order would essentially mean torquing the head in the
>reverse order which just doesn't seem right to me.
> Having stated all of that, it is obvious that there is more than one
>"correct" way to accomplish the re-torque. I think I will follow the mfg
>recommendations.
> Thanks to all for your opinions.
>
> Gordie
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