Re: Always replace?

[Peter Tengstrand <pet@bongo.bu.edu>]

> From: randrews@post.cis.smu.edu (Robert Paul Andrews)
> Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 13:22:13 -0600 (CDT)
> Subject: Always replace?
> 
> Just a thought..... Is it always necessary to replace the bolts
> that the Bentley says always replace?  I don't see any reason why 
> you would need to unless it was obviouslly bad?  Any thoughts?
> Rob
> randrews@post.smu.edu
> 

Rob,

I've always wondered the same thing. Last month I had the bushings on the 
rear-diff subframe replaced and the shop didn't replace the bolts (like 
Bentley says). A week later one of them broke - had it replaced. A week 
after that I discovered that another one of them was stripped. Took it 
back and had all four of them replaced.

When I had the original work done I knew they didn't replace the bolts 
but I was thinking the same thing you are, why bother? I'm not certain 
what I learned from this because I'm not sure if was the shop 
over-tightening the bolts or the wisdom of the shop manual shining 
through. In the end it's probably not worth skimping on considering the 
cost of bolts.

Curious to see what others think.

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-- Peter
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