Did I torque the head wrong?
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Did I torque the head wrong?
I recently found out my 97 4.2L had 2 cracked cylinder heads. I got 2 rebuilt ones and new head gaskets.
When torquing them down my inch pound wrench wouldnt go high enough and my ft Lbs wrench goes from 25 - 200 ft lbs. The torque calls for 29 and 36 ft lbs. I am worried that the ft lbs wrench was not sensitive enough to correctly measure 29 ft lbs
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(its 29 ft lbs then 185 degrees)
How worried should I be?
When torquing them down my inch pound wrench wouldnt go high enough and my ft Lbs wrench goes from 25 - 200 ft lbs. The torque calls for 29 and 36 ft lbs. I am worried that the ft lbs wrench was not sensitive enough to correctly measure 29 ft lbs
.(its 29 ft lbs then 185 degrees)
How worried should I be?
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I recently found out my 97 4.2L had 2 cracked cylinder heads. I got 2 rebuilt ones and new head gaskets.
When torquing them down my inch pound wrench wouldnt go high enough and my ft Lbs wrench goes from 25 - 200 ft lbs. The torque calls for 29 and 36 ft lbs. I am worried that the ft lbs wrench was not sensitive enough to correctly measure 29 ft lbs.
(its 29 ft lbs then 185 degrees)
How worried should I be?
When torquing them down my inch pound wrench wouldnt go high enough and my ft Lbs wrench goes from 25 - 200 ft lbs. The torque calls for 29 and 36 ft lbs. I am worried that the ft lbs wrench was not sensitive enough to correctly measure 29 ft lbs
.(its 29 ft lbs then 185 degrees)
How worried should I be?
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From: Oregon
if it calls for torque plus degrees torque all of them down to the torque then do the degrees in the same torque sequence remembering to mark them somehow showing you which ones you have already "degreesed" so that you will not accidentally degrees 1 bolt twice.
