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Old 07-29-2012, 07:11 PM
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Re: UIM crack...GM techs...

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Originally Posted by j cAT View Post
when torquing any bolts there is wet torque and dry torque. with oil on the threads this would then be wet torque which would apply a higher torque then dry. so if it is stated not to use any lube on the threads and oil was on the threads this would occur.

with metals like this a 3 pass torquing is best where you at each pass slightly increase the torque at each sequence .

sure you did not mess up with ft lbs and inch lbs ? the torque with this is quite low.

start at the middle and criss cross to the ends is the usual method.
I did have to transpose the inch pounds for foot I didn't have an inch pounds wrench. I remember it was very low in ft lbs, like 22 or something. Possible the pound wrench didn't take to the low values reliably....my pattern was correct and I did do an incremental torquing...
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