pkhoury
That guy with the goats
While trying to tighten one of the 18mm bolts that mounts the engine to the body mount after doing a timing belt, the threads stripped... before I even got to the torque phase. One bolt torqued properly, but the other stripped.
So my question - even though the body mount bolts have already been torqued (30ft lb + 90 degrees), since I'm not using the car yet, can I theoretically reuse those bolts (since I obviously need to replace the engine mount - I won't get timeserts in time)? Or will this necessitate new bolts? I might be lucky and have new bolts somewhere, but I'm not sure.
And... I just realized that my half of my question is moot, because I'd have to redo the timing belt job if I pull the aluminum mount (and I got everything perfectly in time. My question still stands about reusing bolts, or if I should just get new ones.
So my question - even though the body mount bolts have already been torqued (30ft lb + 90 degrees), since I'm not using the car yet, can I theoretically reuse those bolts (since I obviously need to replace the engine mount - I won't get timeserts in time)? Or will this necessitate new bolts? I might be lucky and have new bolts somewhere, but I'm not sure.
And... I just realized that my half of my question is moot, because I'd have to redo the timing belt job if I pull the aluminum mount (and I got everything perfectly in time. My question still stands about reusing bolts, or if I should just get new ones.