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Subject: [Healeys] Head Bolts
From: boyracer466 at gmail.com (richard mayor)
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 17:22:41 -0800
References: <7BE630FC-F6C7-44CF-BE8A-FF8C966264C9@gmail.com>
Break the nut loose from the stud. Chase all the threads on nut and stud.
Put the stud back in finger tight. Then install nut and torque to 75 ft
lbs. The factory manual says to torque the studs but the better practice is
to install finger tight.

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 8:32 PM, R. Lindsay <050.rpl at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have removed the left rear head bolt to replace the vacuum hose from the
> dizzy to the carbs (don?t ask).  When I unscrewed the nut/bolt, the entire
> bolt came out ( the nut did not come loose).  Now I need to put it all
> back.  Should I break the nut from the head bolt and put them back in
> individually, or just put it back in as a single unit?  Also, I believe the
> torque on the bolt/nut is 70 foot pounds: can someone confirm this.
>
> Thank you so much!!
>
> Price Lindsay
> 67 BJ8
>
>
>
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