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Re: New Headbolts Received Posted by SWEDECAR [Email] (#112) [Profile/Gallery] (more from SWEDECAR) on Tue, 1 Feb 2005 20:36:08 In Reply to: New Headbolts Received, STEVE H., Tue, 1 Feb 2005 15:42:58 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
It sounds like the ones I have been able to find lately. Kind of blackish color.
I am not entirely sure if they are precoated like the Saab OEM bolts so therefore I apply some motor oil to them before installation.
One of the reason why it "went hell in a handbasket" with those first bolts I struggled with in 2001 was that I applied oil to them in an old fashioned way not knowing that they were precoated and also not knowing that they were of such a weak nature and that the torque specs where lowered. So with all those things piling up, the poor bolt just couldnlt take it and it got overstretched.
I still don't feel it's right to have such a soft head bolt but I guess it is a lot smarter people than me that knows the reason.
Anders
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