Crank bolt torque for timing belt change (10v)

[Cody]

Enough heat yeah. If you heat the bolt then immediately go at taking the bolt out you won't need to heat it so much. It takes time for the heat to make its way all the way out the damper to the rubber bits, and by that time it should already have dissipated enough heat so it wouldn't be an issue. I will admit though that I have not yet attempted to re-use that damper, but theres no visible melting that I recall.

-Cody Forbes
Black Forest Racing
2x '86 5ktq
'87 5ktq EFI
'88 80 4cyl


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Kneale Brownson <knotnook at traverse.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 09:17:50 -0500

>The pulley in question is attached to a vibration damper that has a rubber
>component.  Won't applying enough heat to melt locktite possibly damage the
>rubber?
>
>At 09:05 AM 12/2/2003 -0500, Cody wrote:
>>
>>>Where does the recommendation for thread lock come from?  I'd think adding
>>>a thread lock compound would make future removal impossible.
>>
>>Not _impossible_ but no cake walk either. Honestly after losing all 10 
>>valves in my engine last week due to this very problem (bolt backing out) 
>>I'd rather have it stay in there. To get it out (been there done this) you 
>>just have to apply heat, sometimes generously. I had one motor that had a 
>>timing belt change about 6 years before I needed to get the bolt out, and 
>>whoever did it used plenty of thread lock. Took a few minutes of heat with a 
>>propane torch and an air impact gun to get the bolt out, but thats better 
>>then the 6 hours it took me to replace all my valves!
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