[Shotimes] Re: Shotimes digest, Vol 1 #4374 - 17 msgs

[Alan Fanning]

Huh?  Why not just torque the thing down?  No problem on an MTX car, a
little trickier on an ATX.

This is one area where Honda has Ford beat. The Honda dampener has a female
hex shape surrounding the crank bolt location, into which one can insert a
special mating tool that can be held with a breaker bar while you torque the
crank bolt up, ATX or MTX, no problem.

    Alan


wrote:

>  This is probably the weakest point in the engine, because
> there is no way to REALLY insure torque is satisfactory on that one single
> bolt. 
> All the other things.....oil and rods....are driver dependent....don't lug it,
> and
> the bearings will survive.  This bolt and its ramifications are pretty much
> luck and
> ouija boards.
> 
> George