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• Re: Power & MPG Summer/Winter Rod bolts

  Dennis Haynes · Sat, 14 Nov 2015 09:10:27 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

  All critical high strength fasteners work by being stretched or what they are clamping going into compression. The different designs determine how much to...

• Re: Tiico: Harmonic balancing pulley

  David Beierl · Thu, 25 Apr 2002 06:47:09 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

  ...That joint depends on proper metal-to-metal clamping for its strength...VW had to increase the torque spec (and hence use a stronger...

• Re: Thinner head bolt washers?

  David Brodbeck · Mon, 6 Oct 2003 09:41:54 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

  ...The bolts are stretch-type, the studs are not. (Part of the point of them is that they're reusable.) I think this would...

• Re: removing frozen lug nuts / bolts ?

  Robert Fisher · Sat, 17 Dec 2005 03:03:22 -0800 · Mailing-list archive

  ...Folks have been > reusing rod bolts and head bolts for years when many were designed to be > single use. Most folks reuse "locknuts" even...

• Re: removing frozen lug nuts / bolts ?

  Marc Sayer · Fri, 16 Dec 2005 21:22:19 -0800 · Mailing-list archive

  ...Folks have been reusing rod bolts and head bolts for years when many were designed to be single use. Most folks reuse "locknuts" even...

• warm up and coolant pressure on head gasket seals

  gary hradek · Fri, 4 Jan 2002 08:15:58 -0800 · Mailing-list archive

  Mark, I am not sure about your conclusion about clamping pressure. Seems to me that the head bolts are shorter when it is cold...

• Re: Lug nut madness

  Dennis Haynes · Fri, 26 Jul 2002 00:19:36 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

  ...In addition, the clamping force will change as the nuts or bolts are reused. ~70% of the forces applied to a nut are carried...

• Re: Torque spec that requires calibrated fingers

  Mike S · Fri, 27 May 2011 19:57:51 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

  ...Well, for regular bolts/screws, with experience one does develop a "mechanic's feel," where you can feel when the bolt starts to stretch...

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• Clamping bolts

  Bolts used to secure parts in place

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• How to upgrade from bolts to studs on the front wheels on a vanagon T3 T25

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