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Re: [T3] another question - engine assembly


On 9 Feb 2005 at 6:10, Jens Vagelpohl wrote:

> Now I remember what I got confused: The little O-rings are inside the 
> crancase, you need to slip them onto the bolts before you mated the two 
> halves :)

Yes, that's correct.   ;-)

> It's true that the plastic sleeve nuts were torqued to a specific lower 
> torque, but I haven't seen any problems due to the lower torque.

I haven't either, although I HAVE seen an engine that were damaged when one of 
the old style nuts came loose and allowed the case to warp.

Berg points out that these studs carry the entire power stroke force of the 
pistons, so that he was looking into tightening these even more than spec for 
HP engines, and doesn't recommend the sealing nuts. I generally use flat 
washers, late nuts turned backwards with the seal material removed, and 
loctite.

-- 
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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