Dick:
So, the real problem is actual stretching of the bolts, and they should
be replaced if any under-torque is detected?
Ron Tebo
RootesRooter@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 12/7/02 8:26:44 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> barbaralaifman@earthlink.net writes:
>
> << On my rear end, the lock washers were firmly bent over one flat of each
> bolt, and then firmly bent the other direction over the edge of the ring.
> Those bolts had gone nowhere and were going nowhere. I even tried with a
> wrench on some of them. No movement.
> >>
>
> But did you actually put a socket and torque wrench on each bolt and test its
> current torque? Just because the washers were still bent over, and the bolts
> were at least somewhat tight, doesn't mean they're not severely
> under-torqued. On the loose ones I've encountered, I've never seen a washer
> that was 'unbent' or otherwise abnormal in appearance. All that's required
> is for the bolts to be just loose enough that the crown wheel can wiggle back
> and forth with every drop of the clutch. That pounding eventually cracks and
> snaps the bolts.
>
> Dick Sanders
> Kent, Wash.
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