[Vwdiesel] rings

[Bradley Flubacher]

In the vanagon bentley, it shows pictures of two different connecting
rod bolts. There's one type that is a stretch bolt (requires a half
turn, or some sort for the final setting) and another that simply
require a certain final torque.  I have always used the ones that
require a final torque rather than the stretch bolts. They're around $70
and should be replaced every time (from what I understand).

Brad


Nate Wall wrote:

>The Bentley manual states a certain torque value for
>the cap bolts plus a quarter turn. Check the
>procedure. Its not just a straight torque value, at
>least in the A-2 Jetta manual.
>
>--Nate
>
>--- LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
>
>
>>>I have connected the rods to
>>> the crankshaft; tomorrow I'll torque the cap
>>>
>>>
>>bolts to 47 ft/lbs? I'll
>>
>>
>>>recheck
>>> that before I go for it. So far so good!
>>>
>>>
>>  Now just be sure you get the right caps on the
>>right rods!  ;-)  A friend
>>of mine was being very careful about that and called
>>when the crank
>>wouldn't turn. I pulled the caps, looked them over,
>>swapped a couple
>>and it turned fine!  :)
>>     Loren
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