Re: [Healeys] retorquing cylinder head nuts

[Richard Ewald <richard.ewald@gmail.com>]

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Yes you must loosen a nut/bolt before torquing.  It makes more torque to
break the nut/bolt loose than it does to keep it turning.

On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 6:33 PM, Bob Haskell <rchaskell@earthlink.net>
wrote:

> Listers,
> When retorquing cylinder head, should one loosen the nut being retorqued
> first? Not completely loose, but I would think that a nut could be under
> torqued, but would take more than the spec torque to break it loose.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bob Haskell
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Yes you must loosen a nut/bolt before torquing.=C2=A0 It m=
akes more torque to break the nut/bolt loose than it does to keep it turnin=
g.</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, M=
ay 15, 2015 at 6:33 PM, Bob Haskell <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto=
:rchaskell@earthlink.net" target=3D"_blank">rchaskell@earthlink.net</a>&gt;=
</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .=
8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Listers,<br>
When retorquing cylinder head, should one loosen the nut being retorqued fi=
rst? Not completely loose, but I would think that a nut could be under torq=
ued, but would take more than the spec torque to break it loose.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Bob Haskell<br>
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&#39;62 AH3000 BT7 (smaller project)<br>
&#39;64 Mini Cooper (small project - by definition)<br>
&#39;68 BMW 1600 (first car - project)<br>
&#39;80 MBG LE (running?)<br>
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