99 WS6

Can we just pull out the bolts and install the upgraded fasteners? The instructions for the rod bolts said that the rods should be resized. If I do not change the bearings, should it be okay to just torque everything back up?

<small>[ May 25, 2002, 11:34 PM: Message edited by: 99 WS6 ]</small>

99 WS6

anyone?

WS6underPRESSURE

When you change rod bolts you need to resize the rods, most of the time the bore gets out of round and can cause you a big problem.

jswhite

iTrader: (1)

How can you resize rods that have the fractured caps? I thought when they are out of round you trashed them.

Plum Crazy Rob

iTrader: (3)

You should be OK, mine were with Katechs. Are the instructions you got actually LS1-specific, or it sounds more like they're talking about a TYPICAL rod bolt that is PRESSED into the rod rather than the cap screw type arrangement used on LS1 rods. After removing one of the PRESSED-IN type rod bolts, the rod should DEFINITELY be resized <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

BTW ( with the Katechs at least ) you have to remove a small spacer bushing that is inside each hole on the rod cap. You can easily tap it <img border="0" alt="[judgement]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_judge.gif" /> out (it will come out with a single tap) with a properly sized socket, dowel or whatever you may have. If you have ARP and the instructions are not specific, I'd investigate whether you are supposed to leave the bushings in or not.

hope that helps.

99 WS6

The instructions I saw from ARP were labeled for LS1, but I didn't think they were right. I guess I'll get the Katech bolts.

Thanks,

Jeff

MelloYellow

My mech didn't want to do Katech rod bolts with just the caps off for the above reason.