[Vwdiesel] TTY bolts

[ralph meyermann]

Sweet!! I was hoping so!

Velma 82 na diesel westy
On Jul 12, 2013 9:44 AM, "Travis ." <tgott at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I don't think the flywheel to crank bolts are torque to yeld. There isn't
> enough gap on the bolt when it is all the way in to yeild. They should be
> replaced but I have gotten away on those by using blue lock tight. The
> criticle part with the new ones is the pre-applied locktight on the
> threads. Just make sure you apply locktite and torque properly and you
> should be good there.
>
> Travis
>
>  ------------------------------
> Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 08:37:56 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] TTY bolts
> From: ralphmeyermann at gmail.com
> To: tgott at hotmail.com
> CC: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
>
> 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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