Psa: Torque specs matter!!!

[ajhostetter]

Hey Guys,

I know I'm gonna get flamed for being a dumbass, but whatever. I've seen plenty of guys on here talk about not worrying about torque specs. Well, here's a good case to be mindful. A few months ago I was putting an IE stress bar on my car, was rushing, and torqued the shock tower bolts to 60 ft lbs vs. 16 (I can be a tad dyslexic at times).

Last night, I was cleaning up some injection stuff, realized my mistake when I went to re-install the bar, and while torquing to 16 lbs, this happened. I was supposed to be at the track today and am thankful I popped it last night, not while bombing into turn 1 at PIR. Oh, and GC sells replacement plates for $12/ea. So I'm out $40 bucks with shipping and a few hours to drop the struts and replace.

[ST1G]

Wait... I thought it wasn't because of torque specs....

[e30austin]

His point was that he over torqued it. Had he set it to the proper torque setting, it wouldn't have happened.

[kid325e]

This is all bad.

[Wh33lhop]

Ironically, if you had used common sense and no torque wrench this wouldn't have happened.

[Twelvizm]

I don't think you know the definition of ironically.

[Pdxseth]

And I thought this was going be a thread on torque vs horsepower.....

[TobyB]

What he means is, if the OP had evaluated the application (m8 stud into aluminum) and
picked up a 13mm combination wrench, he probably would have pulled it appropriately
tight, not overtorqued the piss out of it.

We've all done it- read the wrong line of the book, used the wrong book, simply
put the wrong number into the wrench. After a while, you get a feel for
'that just isn't right' and do it right, instead.
There are exceptions. VW watercooled head bolts are the most AWFUL feeling
things to do in the world- you stretch the BEJEEZUS oot of the things, and it
feels like they're stripping and shearing and in the end, they don't
pope, they just work.

But they feel like they've poped. srsly.

t

[blue plates]

What he means is, if the OP had evaluated the application (m8 stud into aluminum) and
picked up a 13mm combination wrench, he probably would have pulled it appropriately
tight, not overtorqued the piss out of it.

We've all done it- read the wrong line of the book, used the wrong book, simply
put the wrong number into the wrench. After a while, you get a feel for
'that just isn't right' and do it right, instead.
There are exceptions. VW watercooled head bolts are the most AWFUL feeling
things to do in the world- you stretch the BEJEEZUS oot of the things, and it
feels like they're stripping and shearing and in the end, they don't
pope, they just work.

But they feel like they've poped. srsly.

t

pope?




Ive built an 8v and 16v engine, head bolts didnt seem too crazy.

[LJ851]

pope?

No, poped. You must be new here.

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=286107

[blue plates]

No, poped. You must be new here.

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=286107

Indeed, just read 13 pages of that thread. My brain melted.

[ST1G]

His point was that he over torqued it. Had he set it to the proper torque setting, it wouldn't have happened.

I was referring to a prior conversation OP and I had.

[Wh33lhop]

I don't think you know the definition of ironically.

I guess you should think more before you post then.

[eur04lif3]

Ironically, if you had used common sense and no torque wrench this wouldn't have happened.

lol wut?

[Graebmw95]

And I thought this was going be a thread on torque vs horsepower.....

Lmao me too.


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