WolfgangVW
Veteran Member
Hey all. So I was replacing my seal on the coolant flange to the head tonight. The job was going unbelievably smooth until I was torquing the bolts back on. I had a torque wrench set to 7lbs. Hand tightened back and forth evenly to get an even pressure. Then used torque wrench to tighten back and forth. One bolt snugged up and torque wrench clicked. The other never seemed to get to that point then I heard a snap. Looks as if the bolt broke! Not entirely just the threads separated. I will try and post a picture of the bolt , I haven't used the new format yet.
I'm thinking there's a few possibilities. Could be my crappy torque wrench is way off caliber, I did do a test run with a separate bolt in the vice and it did function properly at various settings. I did this knowing its not the best quality and it did trip with little force. I even dialled it down on the troubled bolt and had it trip at about 3 or 4 lbs. Dialed it up to 6 and it snapped the bolt. This could be entirely my bad and now am paying the price for not investing in a new torque wrench , but I definitely don't think I was applying much force, and given the other bolt snugged and tripped the wrench?? Any insight on this? I don't think I cross threaded as I hand tightened with ease right up to the bolt head......
Let me try and post a pic before I ramble on more lol.......
I'm thinking there's a few possibilities. Could be my crappy torque wrench is way off caliber, I did do a test run with a separate bolt in the vice and it did function properly at various settings. I did this knowing its not the best quality and it did trip with little force. I even dialled it down on the troubled bolt and had it trip at about 3 or 4 lbs. Dialed it up to 6 and it snapped the bolt. This could be entirely my bad and now am paying the price for not investing in a new torque wrench , but I definitely don't think I was applying much force, and given the other bolt snugged and tripped the wrench?? Any insight on this? I don't think I cross threaded as I hand tightened with ease right up to the bolt head......
Let me try and post a pic before I ramble on more lol.......