"you don't take 4 wheel lug nuts off leaving the last one at full torque
..right ?"

Sure I do.  Everybody does.  Except maybe SDF     :-)

On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 8:12 PM, SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss ) <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> I don't bother to de-torque them super carefully in order..
> but I do loosen them all evenly in several steps.
>
> it should be obvious that if a group of fastners are fully
> loosened...the last one will have a lot of pressure on it, making it
> much harder to undo.
>
> on ALL series of fastners ..you loosen them all in roughly equal small
> steps.
>
> you don't take 4 wheel lug nuts off leaving the last one at full torque
> ..right ?  same thing here.
>
>
>
> On 2/9/2014 3:26 PM, J Stewart wrote:
>
>> Ooooopps, yes I did! News to me they had be de-torqued in a specific
>> pattern! What damage have I done? It was the head nuts on my spare that
>> weren't torqued very tight, the ones on the head in the van were very
>> tight. Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
>>
>>> You need a thin wall 17mm socket. Now please don't tell me you
>>> loosened and removed all the nuts except for an end corner! Head
>>> especially on Waterboxers have to be de-torqued just the same as they
>>> have to be torqued down. If they were somewhat loose than either they
>>> were not properly installed or the engine was over heated to the point
>>> the studs stretched and they are now garbage. The head (and even the
>>> case) may also warped and twisted. This will show up as internal leaks
>>> with combustion gasses getting into the coolant system.
>>> Dennis
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
>>> Behalf Of J Stewart
>>> Sent: Sunday, February 9, 2014 5:59 PM
>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>> Subject: Yet Another Head Pullin' Question.
>>> OK, just the other night I pulled a head off my "spare " 1.9 motor,
>>> and I can't for the life of me remember how I got the lower rearmost
>>> head nut off. Now the scary part was, on the spare the head nuts were
>>> not really tight, the ones on my 1.9 thats IN the van are. They are
>>> all out except that one, I cannot get a socket on it. TIA, Jeff
>>> Jeff Stewart
>>>
>>