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Elastic Bolt

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by wizard, Sep 8, 2009.

  1. wizard

    wizard Active Member

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    Just trying to put 5.1 ft lbs onto the short holding down bolt on the starter motor & it didn't feel right, thought I might have pulled a thread, so whipped it back out & look at that. 8O
     
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    if i didn't know you better i'd have to call B S :)
     
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    How the hell did that happen lol
     
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    Hey, that's kinda special!
     
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    I remember that happening when I was torqueing the head on a GPZ900r. One of the studs stretched like that. Pretty freaky ain't it?
     
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    Ooops - posted twice for some reason :x
     
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    Gotta love what torque can do when a bolt has faulty heat treating eh?
    I've had that happen too - I know exactly what you mean by that feeling of "didn't feel right".
     
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    I don't know if it was faulty heat treating or the heat treating being drawn out by age and repeated heat cycles. That right there is EXACTLY why we REPLACE "critical" bolts like rod bolts, brake rotor bolts, etc.
    Pretty wild that it happened on a small, relatively understressed bolt like that. A PO may have begun the process.

    Good catch.
     
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    DANG! Good catch Wiz, you got lucky on that one!
     
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    Good catch!! you should plaque mount that and hang it on the wall of your garage!!!
    Shaun
     
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    I saw a guy do the same thing wtih spoons just by rubbing them :D You ought to check yourself out, you might have ESPN too! 8O

    Cheers
    Ken
     
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