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Old Sep 2, 2018 | 10:41 AM
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I tried the search but didn't find anything. Putting a 5.3 bottom end together, and my side bolt for the #1 main broke. Hate to ask, but would it be ok to leave it the way it is from a stability stand point, or should I remove it, and replace it?
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Old Sep 2, 2018 | 11:28 AM
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Since you're asking, you probably already know what the answer is going to be. Which probably isn't what you want to hear, but not much to be done about that now.
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Why did it break?
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Old Sep 2, 2018 | 04:38 PM
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Luckily I was able to get it out in one piece so I didn't have to drill and tap anything. Have no clue as to why it broke. I was using a 3/8 tech angle snap-on torque wrench. Chased the threads before and after using a chaser and not a tap. Threads seemed ok, and no trash was in them. Who knows.
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