Would it be terrible to re-use rocker bolts?

[fearnot]

We have to get these heads on and the dealer says a few days for rocker bolts.

Would it be awful to re-use the rocker bolts.

Ian

[richtazz]

Unless there was a catastophic valve train failure, I see no problem with re-using the rocker arm bolts. The recommendation of replacing them is not a part of any proceedure I've ever seen.

[wafrederick]

Reuse them and I never had a problem with them failing.Make sure you don't hear a Snapping noise,the pedistalls breaking in half due to being reefed on.I have seen this happen for the first time a while back

[tblake]

guys, should he add some threadlock to the bolts? Maybe tap out the threads and wire brush off the bolts to make a clean surface in order to get the correect torque value?

[wafrederick]

I don't torque them,I tighten them with my 3/8" impact wrench and check them with a hand ratchet.They have to be set in right,there is a slot in the head and in in the pedistal of the rocker arm.I have had this happen to me once,loosen up because it was not set in the slot right.

[richtazz]

Yikes, an impact wrench (even a 3/8") on rocker arm bolts? I don't think I'd be using that technique. You're just asking to break a bolt, strip the threads in the head, or crack the rocker fulcrum/mount. Reinstall them by hand, torque to spec, done.