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Date:         Thu, 20 Jan 2005 22:03:34 -0500
Reply-To:     ROBERT DONALDS <donalds1@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         ROBERT DONALDS <donalds1@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Heads gasket sealant.......( my version)
Comments: To: Zoltan <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
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The needle type torque wench can be a safer way to get a consistent reading with a stud that's twisting.and twist they do The click type can be deceiving if you give it a long slow pull and not the quick snap it needs. I use the click type and I use OEM sealants and would not consider changing it works looks neat and you can argue with the factory

going faster miles an hour with the heat on I remain Bob Donalds

----- Original Message ----- From: "Zoltan" <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 9:32 PM Subject: Re: Heads gasket sealant.......( my version)

> Aha! The first time I have some understanding of why to use the "needle > type" torque wrench. It is either the rubber sealant's resistance fading > or > the air being compressed inside the nuts and slowly getting out. I wonder > if one could wait a day for the sealant to harden up a bit after it was > torqued to 7. May not be a bad idea. > Zoltan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Knight" <vwdormer@hotmail.com> > To: <zolo@foxinternet.net>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 6:54 AM > Subject: Re: Re: Heads gasket sealant.......( my version) > > >> >From: "Zoltan" >> >>>I did not get it. What was the reason not to use the clicker? >> >> >>>>I was and I practiced with a "Dry" run before doing them. I now >>>>understand >>>>the "don't use the clicker tourque wrench" philosophy. Good thing I had >>>>my >>>>old trusty needle wrench. >> >> >> When placing the setting for the torque say at 30 after your initial 7. >> You begin to go around the head in order setting each nut to 30 by the >> click. Turn turn turn turn turn turn click...next. What the clicker does >> not pick up is the release of the torque on the nut possibly due to the >> sealant. But if you hold a needle type wrench on there and turn turn turn >> turn turn 30 .....okay ooops wait hold it it is going back down 29 28 27 >> 26 25 24. Keep going turn turn turn turn 30 holding 30. Houston we have >> 30! Okay knucklehead now go to the next one. This might also be why the >> Bentley procedure has you torque the nuts down to 7 then 30 then 37 then >> 37 again, there might be an additional one after that can't remember it >> was late. >> >> I guess you could say that the needle torque wrench gives torque in "real >> time", as long as you hold it there. You can watch the needle lower even >> after you have achieved the desired torque the first time. >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> Michael Knight >> '77 Westy Deluxe, "el Verde" >> '85 Vanagon GL, nameless >> >> >> >


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