[Vwdiesel] TTY bolts

[ralph meyermann]

Let me guess that I forgot the flywheel bolts to Tue crankshaft??? If so
could I get away with some grade 8 bolts with loctite??

Velma 82 na diesel westy
On Jul 11, 2013 6:17 PM, "ralph meyermann" <ralphmeyermann at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> > 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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