In a message dated 4/27/00 10:02:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com writes:
<< The ARP bolt catalog has good explainations of the hows and whys of
torquing
bolts and fastners so that they don't fail. So does Carroll Smith in his
books Tune to Win and Prepare to Win. Read them! and finish !
>>
Thanks for the suggestions. I will look for these sources (maybe Barns &
Nobel web page?). I also looked through my garage stash of pamphlets and
found Fel-Pro Torque Tables with some write-ups. This parts store owner use
to give me all his old stuff that he wanted to get rid of. I guess we don't
appreciate the things that come free, and I never read a lot of it.
My main goal with this request is to see if a few people may respond with a
few one-liners as to how they are torquing their rod bolts, and maybe some
tips on torquing into mushy aluminum. Bob Criss, who made the runoffs a few
times, use to Loctite his rod bolts, and still does on his IT Killer Volvo.
My machinist indicated that I may be getting false torque readings using
Loctite:
"Good thread Bill... I'm curious to see the reaction. I have nothing to
offer,
because I've just gone on gut-instinct regarding whether it's aluminum or
not...
and generally have not had problems... but that's not exactly scientific...
so
I'm hoping the responses will help resolve similar questions I have always
had...
...did I screw up a few years ago!!!!... replacing the rear studs on my TR 4A
solid axle hubs... NO TORQUE table could be found for the studs themselves...
so I guessed... and guessed wrong."
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