ARP Tapered Washers for Studs
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ARP Tapered Washers for Studs I put the flat side down, nothing in the instructions. Anyone else have instructions that tell you which side goes down? Haven't torqued them yet just in case.
Originally Posted by vettenuts
I put the flat side down, nothing in the instructions. Anyone else have instructions that tell you which side goes down? Haven't torqued them yet just in case.
Are you referring to the chamfer on the inside hole of the washer? If so I installed mine down...I'm not too worried about it...they are washers...how can they really be installed wrong unless the chamfer is for something special...
I just installed a set of ARPs with the instructions and still wasn't SURE which way the chamferred side was supposed to go. The wording is just that ambiguous. Even though I wasn't sure it made more sense to install them with the chamfer toward the bolt head side so that's what I did.
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Are you referring to the chamfer on the inside hole of the washer? If so I installed mine down...I'm not too worried about it...they are washers...how can they really be installed wrong unless the chamfer is for something special...
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Tightening was a little strange too. The nuts would get easier to turn during the tightening sometimes. Kind of hard to explain, but you would be turning the nut pushing on the wrench and then it would get easy then hard again. Weird.
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Originally Posted by vettenuts
Tightening was a little strange too. The nuts would get easier to turn during the tightening sometimes. Kind of hard to explain, but you would be turning the nut pushing on the wrench and then it would get easy then hard again. Weird.
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Yesiree. Once advantage I have is I brought a boroscope home from work, those threads were clean as a whistle before the studs went in. Someone told me to back off all the nuts and start over, but ARP doesn't recommend this on a MLS gasket so I think I will leave it alone.
why isn't this recommended. what about the people who are checking ptv clearence where the head goes on and off a couple of times, would the gasket still be ok?
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I think it depends on the gasket. For PV check (I didn't both because my cam is pretty small) I was going to use the old gasket so the new one wouldn't be crushed.
