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I have never relished the idea of arbitrarily replacing head bolts and so I have pretty much the same SOP as you for inspecting the bolts to determine reuse...........or not.
If I have 1 bolt that does not pass muster I replace them all.
I clean the bolt threads with a fine wire wheel or by hand with a wire brush prior to reuse.
I run a tap into the holes in the block and blow out debris with air afterward.
I never reuse any "torque to yield" bolts, but we only have one of those engines in our fleet now.
  • Posted 27 Sep 2012 03:19
  • By L1ftmech
  • joined 25 Apr'12 - 394 messages
  • Tennessee, United States

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