cam cover
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 4:16 am
Hi Guys
Ive re-fitted the cam cover with a new main rubber gasket and new bolt seals. i followed the procedure as per the manual but when I got to the maximum torque on one of the bolts. it stripped. I removed the cam cover and heli coiled it and its now fine. My question is, each time I torque it down, I do it carefully and evenly but the seal does not always look perfectly evenly pulled down. This is despite the seal being correctly located. The seal is compressed all around, but just not evenly. is this normal to have a slight difference from one end to the other? also, when i do torque it up as per the manual cam cover torque values, it always feels like one of the bolts is going let go, like it actually did. i also notice slight deformation on one or two of the bolt chrome seal caps. hopefully it wont leak.
regards
MARTIN
Ive re-fitted the cam cover with a new main rubber gasket and new bolt seals. i followed the procedure as per the manual but when I got to the maximum torque on one of the bolts. it stripped. I removed the cam cover and heli coiled it and its now fine. My question is, each time I torque it down, I do it carefully and evenly but the seal does not always look perfectly evenly pulled down. This is despite the seal being correctly located. The seal is compressed all around, but just not evenly. is this normal to have a slight difference from one end to the other? also, when i do torque it up as per the manual cam cover torque values, it always feels like one of the bolts is going let go, like it actually did. i also notice slight deformation on one or two of the bolt chrome seal caps. hopefully it wont leak.
regards
MARTIN