Re: Thoughts on re-torque'n

Posted by txblu on August 06, 2004 at 05:53:42 from (199.46.199.233):

In Reply to: Thoughts on re-torque'n posted by Randy on August 05, 2004 at 19:42:49:

Do a snug up, per the pattern with the impact wrench. Come back with 2 trips with the torque wrench. Put the wrench in the toolbox and close the drawer.

Never retorqued, never blew a gasket on anything but those stubborn thermostat cover gaskets. Course the local NH dealer introduced me to some sort of sealant made by 3M that even fixes that.

Seems I didn't have the thermostat in the groove on an old Ford p/u and broke the ear off the casting; was on the road and it was a real problem. Must be gun shy cause I barely torque the screws down and makes leaking a problem (did).

Main reason for not retorqueing is oil. Seems my engine rebuilds slobber oil all over everything when you turn them on to run em in and mess up my nice new paint and new parts and all. On a Chev V8 I even bought those little clip hootuses you put on the rockers to try and stop it and it just slobbered that much more.

Mark

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