Reusing head bolts
Sep 25, 2009 | 11:03 PM
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Reusing head bolts
Is it possible to reuse Cossie head bolts or do they stretch?
Sep 25, 2009 | 11:16 PM
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they stretch so not really possible depending on how gash you want a rebuild to be!
Sep 25, 2009 | 11:18 PM
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From: preston
even if they wernt stretch bolts for the cost of a set of bolts i would not re use them ever!
Sep 26, 2009 | 10:42 AM
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From: uk
They are "torque to yield" bolts, or what the english call stretch bolts.
Sep 26, 2009 | 03:57 PM
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From: blackburn
get some non stretch ones, they'll be fine for a few uses.
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