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Old 05-17-2010, 09:44 PM
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I have a 95 LT1 not sure if my head bolt are the reusable type, is there away to tell by looking at them?

I cant remember if i switched the head bolts out, ive had my heads off few times. Just wanting to know if there is some sort of marking on them to tell the difference.

I know the early production bolts were reusable, but cant tell if mine are one of them.

I also want to know how many times can you reuse them?
Old 05-17-2010, 11:08 PM
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If they are ARP bolts it would be marked on the top of the bolt.As far as I know all the factory bolts were (tty)torque to yield.If they are ARP, i would say yes you can re-use them.
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No 4th gen f-body heads bolts were TTY. Some people reuse, some don't. Slight risk there. I would not reuse stock bolts more than once. ARPs are a bit stouter and reusable (not forever, lol). I replaced mine with ARPs the first time the heads were off. Seemed like the right thing to do.
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I twisted the head off a stock bolt on my 95 Formula at 65 ft/lbs during an IHRA teardown years ago. I would strongly recomend against reusing the TTY bolts.



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