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RE: Head bolts

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Subject: RE: Head bolts
From: "Chris Buckley" <chris.buckley@tz.knightfrank.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 06:54:34 +0200
So...it's safest to back off the nuts a little bit and then 
re-torque. Don't back it off with the click-type torque wrench, 
though, as this reduces the accuracy of your torque wrench. It is 
also most accurate to do this one nut at a time rather than loosening 
them all. It is also possible to re-torque without backing off the 
nut, if you're sure that the nut actually rotates before coming to 
the full torque you want.

So, if you need to back off each bolt individually during re-torqueing
do you start with the middle bolts or the ones at the ends of the head?
Chris Buckley


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