ok so i bought this motor and the oil pan was dented so i took off the pan and the pick up was dented so i got a new one, so i was puttting it back on and when i was torqueing them down to 17 ftlbs i broke hte stock studs, then i went down to ace and got another stud and one bolt, and i cut the head off the bolt and used it as a stud, i tried to torque those back down to 17, but both of them broke.

im confused, anyone had problems like this before or what, am i using hte right torque

help

 

let me check that out and get back to you!!!

 

suppose to torque at 8LB-FT.


guess why u broke it?

 

no the mounting bolts say 8, but for the actually tube itsself, my 2 books say 17 for the nuts. cause there are 2 nuts for the tube itself, and 2 mounting bolts, my book says 8 for the mounting bolts and 17 for the tube nuts

 

r u sure its not inch lbs? just don't tighten them down that much. i always say hand tight it good.

 

i dont have a problem with not making them torqued down, but im just afraid the vibration might shake it loose and if it comes loose, thats no good

 

what i would do, since u keep snapping those studs, is put a little of the light strength thread locker on the new studs and then just snug the nuts down...but of course not 17 ft lbs...jus feel for it u know. It doesnt need to be super tight but just snug and the thread locker should keep them from coming off.

 

17 ft-lbs sure sounds like alot for a 10mm bolt. i don't have my manual in front of me, but i don't think that is the right spec.

 

17 lbs is what I just read as well....

 

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what size head are these bolts? 10mm? or 12mm?

 

well its not a bolts its a stud with a nut. but the nut itself is a 10mm nut.

 

well i called honda and they told me it was 8ftlbs not 17, and they said my book is wrong

 

i called honda and they said that my book is wrong and that it is 8ftlbs

 

LOL.

haha

 

Yea the book says 17 lbs.
But all the other accys. that bolt to the block are like 8 -9 or 13 lbs.
Oil pan bolts, oil pump bolts, oil press. sender,and it's the same aluminum.So i guess honda printed the wrong spec.

 

what book do you have? my helms says 8

 

I have a 1988 CRX and a 1990 CRX. Both Helms.
for the oil pick-up bolts,they both show 17 ft-lbs.