RAMurphy
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RAMurphy replied to the thread TTY head bolts with engine in-vehicle.Nice write up. Enjoyed reading it. -
That's about what i spent doing refurb heads when my castech's cracked. did lifters as well. you aren't kidding about little things...
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Ok, so that crossover fuel pipe hold down was in fact in the right orientation. I fiddled with it some more and got it to stop leaking...
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I got most everything put back together. I ran into a few issues: 1. I dropped the threaded piece for the PS installer kit. Looked and...
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Took last week off because one of my girls had her first communion. So we had family over. I got the engine back into the truck today...
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I pressure washed the engine bay. Got the flex plate installed and the harmonic balancer. Dang, 240 lb-ft on the old balancer bolt, then...
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I got the rockers installed on both sides. I had bought a pushrod checker (adjustable length type), but couldn't really figure out how...
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Last engine I did the heads had been off 3-4 times and it ended up pulling the threads out the block. I was using stock bolts at the... -
This has been discussed a few times. https://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/threads/torque-vs-tension.118826/ Two different approaches. I...
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Sounds like its time to do a stretch to failure comparasion test for the used oem versus the ARP bolt. I will search for maybe two of...
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I guess what I'm shocked about is that TTY (torque-to-yield) and ARP (torque-to-ft-lb) are completely different metallurgy and NOT...
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That's why it used the arp tighten method.
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What?! I was thinking of "Hooks Law stress-strain equation" as I was yielding the bolts on the last 2 passes: the force kinda seems to...
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I've have also used oem bolts and tighten the bolts as if they were arp bolts and have not had one to fail yet.
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