femster87
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| posted on 22/12/10 at 07:09 PM |
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zetec camshaft cover bolts
where can i get replacements bolt for the cam cover. Just snapped some.
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marcjagman
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| posted on 22/12/10 at 07:14 PM |
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Scrappy?
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lotusmadandy
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| posted on 22/12/10 at 07:16 PM |
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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
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femster87
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| posted on 22/12/10 at 07:36 PM |
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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.
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lotusmadandy
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| posted on 22/12/10 at 07:45 PM |
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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
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 22/12/10 at 07:57 PM |
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Sounds like a dodgy torque wrench to me?
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sebastiaan
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| posted on 22/12/10 at 09:03 PM |
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You're not torqueing them to 7kg.m (=70N.m) aren't you?
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austin man
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| posted on 22/12/10 at 09:37 PM |
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got to be a wrong setting, you would struggle to stretch a rubber band at 7nm
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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adithorp
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| posted on 23/12/10 at 01:23 PM |
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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.
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
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