im building my engine back up, and when torquing my main seal back down (9ftlbs) 2 bolts snapped..
IM SUPER PISSED.
do you think its okay if i have to bolts broken holding the main seal on? its got liquid gasket all the way down and its fairly tight on there.

or do you think i should dis-assemble everything and get the machine shop to take the snapped bolts out..

HELP! PISSED OFF!

 

take out the stud do it right the first time, tighten it hand tight with a 1/4" rachet.

 

Take it off and remove the broken studs...you dont want that seal to open up and lose all your oil

 

i wanted to be safe, so i just dropped the block off at the machine shop, and ordered new bolts...

so that lil problem set me back 2 days

thanks for the help guys

 

Don't torque them next time unless you have an inch pounds torque wrench, you'll just snap them off using a big torque wrench at that low of a setting, happens all the time. Just tighten them "snug" by hand is all you need to do, you don't need a torque spec on them...

Shawn