Subject	I'm not understanding what actually happened.
Posted by	TriniTT on April 12, 2013 at 3:48 PM
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In Reply To	bolt stretched and broke off outside of the crank. posted by nemo1080 (Iowa) on April 11, 2013 at 03:59 PM
Message	If you didn't even get it tight enough to be in the crank, the torque wouldn't even matter. Are you saying the bolt was already stretched and thus wouldn't thread into the hole? Cheers, JBrobst "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." George Bernard Shaw
Follow Ups	so I guess flywheel bolts don't last forever? - nemo1080 (Iowa) 20:00:34 04/10/13 90ft/lbs does not sound right. More like 65ft/lbs I thought (n/m) - Evan_Wright (Ca) 20:59:50 04/10/13 ding ding ding.... we have a winner! from FSM= 61-69 ft-lbs (n/m) - Zvil (FL) 21:26:57 04/10/13 you're not supposed to re-use them at all... but people do - Shiers69 10:32:16 04/11/13 oops (n/m) - aliaZ 14:25:48 04/11/13 You likely stripped out the threads on that bolt hole also. - TriniTT 15:02:06 04/11/13 bolt stretched and broke off outside of the crank. - nemo1080 (Iowa) 15:59:51 04/11/13 I'm not understanding what actually happened. - TriniTT 15:48:00 04/12/13
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