Help!! Crank Bolt Keeps Backing Out!!
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Help!! Crank Bolt Keeps Backing Out!!
Like the title says, my crank bolt won't stay tight. I tightened it 3 times before I pulled out the bolt and looked at it. It looked like it was the stock bolt and the threads were pretty worn down so I went to the dealership and got a new one, cranked it down with red loctite, and the damn thing still came loose after running my car hard.WTF?! By the way I have an ASP pulley on the car. Any thoughts, suggestions, or input is greatly appreciated!!
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Are you tightening to 240ft/lb tight or just whatever my poor arm can do? New is 37ft/lb + 140 degrees, used is 240ft/lb, but I'd just go with new. Also no loctite needed. clean that crank out and try again. Use some motor oil to lubricate the threads, not loctite.
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Like the title says, my crank bolt won't stay tight. I tightened it 3 times before I pulled out the bolt and looked at it. It looked like it was the stock bolt and the threads were pretty worn down so I went to the dealership and got a new one, cranked it down with red loctite, and the damn thing still came loose after running my car hard.WTF?! By the way I have an ASP pulley on the car. Any thoughts, suggestions, or input is greatly appreciated!!
I think you only can use the crank bolt once if you replace the stock crack you have to get a new bolt. i think ASP pulley maybe needs a long bolt or bigger. Buy a new bolt and torq it to specs and put some tread lock on it.
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Correct that the stock bolt is a torque to yield bolt. Once it's been torqued down once, you'll have to get a new one. The ARP crank bolt is reuseable. Like already mentiond, pop the starter off and use something to hold the flywheel and torque it down. It may seem like a lot of torque, because it is.