Thanks Dick, I assume you install the head in between these two steps..
I put a dab of Never-Seize on the first couple of the stud threads, screw them
into the block more or
less finger tight.
I then nut each stud and torque them to the standard,
first to 60 lb. and then again to 80 lb.
This makes sense and is consistent with other replies. My deck has been zero
blocked so I need to double check that the studs don't bottom out.
Stan
-----Original Message-----
From: Sally or Dick Taylor [mailto:tr6taylor@webtv.net]
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:00 AM
To: Foster, Stan
Cc: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [6pack] Head studs
Stan---I never read this from any credible source (or any source, for
that matter) but here's my thoughts:
To aid in their (eventual) removal, I put a dab of Never-Seize on the
first couple of the stud threads, and screw them into the block more or
less finger tight. I then nut each stud and torque them to the standard,
first to 60 lb. and then again to 80 lb. Torqueing the nut pulls the
stud threads up tight against the block threads. Never had a failure or
a blown head gasket doing it this way.
Dick
From: stan.foster@hp.com(Foster, Stan)
Hi fellow 6packers. I wonder, do head studs need to be torqued to a
specific lb/ft into the block before installing the head or do they need
to be merely tightened until all of the thread has been consumed by the
block and the stud is no longer willing to rotate ?
Stan
_______________________________________________
Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html
6pack@autox.team.net
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/6pack
http://www.team.net/archive
|