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Old 07-20-2006, 02:49 PM
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Question Checking rocker bolts after H/C swap

Just finished a H/C swap back in march and i have put under 1000 miles on the car since. No problems at all, everything went great.

My question is, since i am doing some work and have the coil packs off, does it pay for me to check/re-torque the rocker arm bolts?

Anyone see a need for this or done this before?

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If your have the coil packs off I would double check the torque spec on the bolts, why not?
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22ftlbs for peace of mind since you're that far down
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you could, but if its working great is there a need to do that?
THey shouldnt loosen once properly set.

Its up to you, will u have to reseal the threads?
personally i wouldnt touch them if there were no symptoms.
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If you used blue loctite, you could break it loose and make it worse. I would just feel them by hand but not tighten unless you detect a problem.


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