[Vwdiesel] Crank Bolt Reusable?

raymond greeley rgreeley2 at hotmail.com
Thu May 28 07:25:17 PDT 2009


Is this a dealer item?
 
> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 08:03:02 -0400
> From: syncronized_turbo at yahoo.co.uk
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Crank Bolt Reusable?
> 
> The twelve-point bolt is the torque-to-yield bolt that supersedes the 
> earlier standard hex bolts. You /can/ reuse the earlier bolts, but 
> personally I just replace them with a TTY bolt, they're quite cheap and 
> it's not worth the worry over whether a 30+ year old bolt has fatigued 
> enough to fail.
> 
> -Kurt
> 
> 
> Will Taygan wrote:
> > Hmmm.. I've got two different crank bolts on two different 1.6NA
> > engines, both VW remans. One seems to be a 12 point, the other a
> > standard hex. I think I read somewhere to replace these every time?
> > What's the deal with the 12 pointer? Different sprocket?
> >
> > Will.
> >
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