Sheered Bolt
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Sheered Bolt
So, I am putting my valve cover back on, chuck the 5 bolts in, and hand do them up some.
Grab my small ratchet and gently nip up 4 bolts, connect with the fifth and before I even feel it get anywhere near starting to nip up it just feels like it's only just been put in and spinning "Crap..."
Yup, sheered, like butter. I am a pretty careful person when it comes to stuff like this and I cannot believe it happened, I am no master mechanic - but I am not totally oblivious to these things either. I would understand it if I was hanging off the ratchet but I literally did not even feel the thing get anywhere near tight.
Left with the stud section in the block, luckily it sheered before I got any real torque on it and I was able to slowly but surely unscrew it back out.
Ordered a new one but would you say it's safe to drive for the 2 or 3 days it takes to come down? I turned it over and the gasket is holding, no oil leaking.
Thoughts?
Grab my small ratchet and gently nip up 4 bolts, connect with the fifth and before I even feel it get anywhere near starting to nip up it just feels like it's only just been put in and spinning "Crap..."
Yup, sheered, like butter. I am a pretty careful person when it comes to stuff like this and I cannot believe it happened, I am no master mechanic - but I am not totally oblivious to these things either. I would understand it if I was hanging off the ratchet but I literally did not even feel the thing get anywhere near tight.
Left with the stud section in the block, luckily it sheered before I got any real torque on it and I was able to slowly but surely unscrew it back out.
Ordered a new one but would you say it's safe to drive for the 2 or 3 days it takes to come down? I turned it over and the gasket is holding, no oil leaking.
Thoughts?
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I did, and that's not a bad idea. Any suggestions to go looking for one?
Are these bolts prone to being a bit soft? Sort of put me off a little, doing work on the car that is but I was careful.
Are these bolts prone to being a bit soft? Sort of put me off a little, doing work on the car that is but I was careful.
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They are not soft...it could have been stretched by a previous owner.
Use one of the UN-painted bolts holding the headlights in, located on/by the front fenders.
Use one of the UN-painted bolts holding the headlights in, located on/by the front fenders.
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