

| Subject: | Re: head cap nuts- 'torque to hold' |
| From: | Todd Francis |
| Date: | Tue, 17 Dec 1996 14:59:34 -0800 |
> > Exactly, at least in my experience. When the final torque is reached, > the nut will continue to turn for a little bit. For me, after I held the > nut at final torque for a few seconds, when I let off it, it indeed > "untwisted" a bit. I'm still wondering what to do about it. > > David Bradshaw, '85 Hi all: I have a factory bulletin about changing headgaskets in water-boxer engines. It must say in there two or three times not to use a click type torque wrench to torque the heads. I bought a dial type to do my engines. Maybe what you are discussing in this thread is why they don't like ckick type wrenches. Todd Francis
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