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Re: EM nuts for turbo engines
> Call Me CHEAP!
>
> I "Double Nutted" the studs with 8mm stainless steel nuts that I got from the hardware
> store. One to torque the EM to spec and one to hold the thing there. Cost $.30 each X 20
> =$6.00 also used copper based anti-sieze on the threads.
3 years ago my EM went on with single S/S nuts and lock washers. It
came off easily (except the hard to reach nuts which take time) when I
swapped it, and I had no problems in between. Of course this was a n/a
application, not turbo.
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Huw Powell
http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/
82 Audi Coupe; 84 4kq; 85 Coupe GT; 73 F250