RE: Reuse of head bolts ...

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> By the opposite I take it to mean that they are stretch bolts?

> They are, and they can be reused, ref my previous and Bentley.

The microfiche says: "stets ersetzen" which means always renew them.
Popular mythology is that they can be reused once only, although the
set now on Roger Galvin's 200TQ 1B were inadvertently sent into service
a third time with no ill effects so far.

The only new information I've seen is that a set should be used or
replaced as a set and not a bolt at a time.

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