manbearpig

So... check this out

I pull my valve cover off to replace a broken stud from over tightening a valve cover nut. anyway.......I see this




see where those 2 studs are loose at? should I be worried that they vibrated loose over a few thousand miles? or should I just tighten them up and don't worry about it?

Thanks a lot

(it's the two 10mm bolts nearest the cam gears)

petern101

i would figure if its just those two loose, someone forgot to tighten them.

if a few more were loose.......i would worry a little more.

basically just torque them down (obviously you didn't do that with the vavle cover nut, lesson learned ) and check it in a few weeks/days.

see if anything comes up

Hawkze_2.3

Maybe pull the bolts out and inspect them and if they're good, just torque them back down to factory specs. That's all you should have to do...

user 3216743

whoa. re-tighten those babies

manbearpig

good deal, I was the one who did tighten those down, but I guess not enough
about how tight are factory specs? (a buddy of mine has my helms right now)
thanks guys

manbearpig

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I did tighten it.......to much

manbearpig

turns out the other 2 were loose also...... I'm probably just too afraid to tighten too much

93h22a1vtec

tq spec is around 18 ft/lb i THINK

Edit... that might be the bigger bolts, the smaller ones around prolly closer to 9 or 12 ft/lb

my9thtry

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I did tighten it.......to much </TD></TR></TABLE>
he said torque for a reason bud

turtleman321

for the 6mm bolts its 9 foot pounds and for the 8 mm bolts its 20 foot pounds. just put my head on my car.

lude98SH

I usually go till i feel a fair amount of resistance. And if it leaks u just tighten it alittle more its not like its not an accessable area. Better safe than sorry but hey going by the factory spec will always be your best bet with pretty much anything on the car.

bluedlude

if you messed the threads on the bolts up, it would be on the first 4 or 5 threads coming down from the head. if they're OK then just retorque them.

Missing Gears

by using a tq wrench on those 10mm bolts there is a good chance they will break before the proper tq is reached on the wrench. your better off tightening those by hand. use a 1/4" wratchet in the palm of your hand only and tighten as much as you can. that will give you around 10 ft lbs.

lude98SH

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Missing Gears &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">by using a tq wrench on those 10mm bolts there is a good chance they will break before the proper tq is reached on the wrench. your better off tightening those by hand. use a 1/4" wratchet in the palm of your hand only and tighten as much as you can. that will give you around 10 ft lbs.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes it doesnt take much force to make it tight enough not to leak.

manbearpig

yep everything is cool now.... Thanks for the help guys, I just used a 3/8" and turned it with the palm of my hand.... None of the threads were messed up. Now where the stud went through the valve cover, the washer was missing because i broke the stud and oil was obviously shooting out and hitting my hood. Would having that washer off cause an adverse effect to power? because it feels better now.

byrne_06

nice

manbearpig

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????^^^

jdmlude_dude

i have broken so many of those damn valve cover studs!

manbearpig

lol, honda should sell them in bulk for cheaper

petern101

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get a small torque wrench

i've taken the valve cover off both my engines plenty...

never broken any with a 1-20lb torque wrench