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zetec camshaft cover bolts
femster87 - 22/12/10 at 07:09 PM

where can i get replacements bolt for the cam cover. Just snapped some.

marcjagman - 22/12/10 at 07:14 PM

Scrappy?

lotusmadandy - 22/12/10 at 07:16 PM

They are standard M6 bolts Femi.Any auto parts shop will have em.
Or go to some where like arndale or boltfast and get some nice stainless socketcaps.

Andy

femster87 - 22/12/10 at 07:36 PM

cheers Andy, I bought some 6mm ones and snapped them all before getting to the recommended 7 N/M. I thought they were just not strong enough and got some 12.9 ones and snapped them as well. Start to think the bolts are bottoming out and twisting. So i wondered if proper fords ones were available. i know its sounds strange.

lotusmadandy - 22/12/10 at 07:45 PM

TBH i'm surprised the bolts snapped at 7nm.I would have thought the aluminium
threads would have stripped before the bolts snapped.
The tapping on all 3 zetecs i have got go right through the casting lugs.

Andy

rusty nuts - 22/12/10 at 07:57 PM

Sounds like a dodgy torque wrench to me?

sebastiaan - 22/12/10 at 09:03 PM

You're not torqueing them to 7kg.m (=70N.m) aren't you?

austin man - 22/12/10 at 09:37 PM

got to be a wrong setting, you would struggle to stretch a rubber band at 7nm

adithorp - 23/12/10 at 01:23 PM

quote:
Originally posted by sebastiaan
You're not torqueing them to 7kg.m (=70N.m) aren't you?


Sounds like that to me as well.