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01-09-2005, 04:18 AM

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Re:overtighten nut

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Originally Posted by bambooseven

I broke 3 out of 5 on steve's Y8, we just used the two that were left and A LOT of orange RTV.

Permatex rocks. If I could, I'd use it for all my gaskets..head..intake manifold, etc.. Hmm....a Permatex head gasket! brb..

-Tim

01-09-2005, 09:18 AM

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Re:overtighten nut

come on guys please help, a good friend of mine told me to remove all the other nuts, and lift as much of the valve cover as possible to add some tension to nut, I tried that nuthing

01-09-2005, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by bobbyBgood

come on guys please help, a good friend of mine told me to remove all the other nuts, and lift as much of the valve cover as possible to add some tension to nut, I tried that nuthing

Just grind the whole thing off remove the vavle cover and replace the stud and the nut, that stud just unthreads under the valve cover, it screws into a cam cap