[Vwdiesel] TTY bolts

[ralph meyermann]

A little over a hundred bucks later at the dealership I purchased the set
of rod,main and oil pump bolts.

Velma 82 na diesel westy
On Jul 11, 2013 5:22 PM, "Travis ." <tgott at hotmail.com> wrote:

> The thing you need to think about is what will happen if the bolt breaks
> and are you willing to take the risk. Have I reused some-yes. But there are
> plenty I never would. There is a lot of stories of TTY bolts breaking on
> TDI motor mounts as they weren't replaced and 20K later the engine falls
> off the mount. Doesn't happen to everyone but it happens enough.
>
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> The whole reason for TTY bolts and locking fasteners is people don't know
> how to use a torque wrench on the bolts properly anyways so you design the
> human part out of it. I am sure there is other reasons but that is one of
> the reasons.
> Travis
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> > In my distant (and somewhat checkered) past, I had an engine apart with
> these TTY bolts. The shop manual said to measure the thickness of the bolt
> at its thinnest point, and if it too stretched, then pitch it, otherwise it
> was OK to reuse. IIRC, it was either a Mercedes diesel (mid-sixties 200D)
> or a Porsche.
> >
> > Does this sound familiar?
> >
> > Dan Snyder - the Fancy Dancer
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