If one broke at 60, and the others came off at 70 without breaking, then I
think you just had a bad stud. Probably better to break then than on
reassembly or in use.
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From: "Bud Krueger" <budkrueger@earthlink.net>
To: "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>; "mg-t" <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 3:59 PM
Subject: Head stud removal
> I was curious to see
> if any had loosened over time so I began a series of torque wrench tests
> starting at 35 ft-lbs and working up in 5 ft-lb increments to see when a
nut
> might break loose. While testing at 60 ft-lbs I got a shocking surprise as
stud
> #4 broke off right at the nut. At that point I dug out my beam wrench and
just
> removed the nuts (most gave way at about 70 ft-lbs).
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