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Offline choptop

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Re: OPINIONS, PART 1:
« Reply #30 on: January 02, 2010, 09:44:03 PM »
As far as what could cause it to strip, if the bolt was loose, the vibration and torque would eventually breaks them due to the constant pounding and vibration. (picture a hammer and a punch beating on the,) as far a how much to torque them to, I am no good there, I just tighten them up. Many years of wrenching has taught me tight, may not be right, but have never had a failure.
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Offline Stewart G Griffin

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Re: OPINIONS, PART 1:
« Reply #31 on: January 02, 2010, 10:26:30 PM »
Yeah it wasn't as hard as i thought and in fact was quite easy;  Reinstalling the starter back in was actually harder!

The other thing i ended up doing with the tap so close to an obstruction was i used a gatorgrip socket on it and it worked well, maybe too well as i will probably post in the tool section---it's stuck.