Reusing headbolts??
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Reusing headbolts??
I've heard its not good to reuse them because they stretch when you torque them, i will be selling the car so wud it be really important to get new ones????
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Hyundai says Beta head bolts may be re-used without limitation. If I recall correctly, they also say to torque them, then rotate them a specified number of degrees, then rotate again. There is a special tool to monitor the angle.
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Never reused head bolts in my life.
I don't care what Hyundai says, not worth it to save less than $10
And the "specific number of degrees" is called a yield, just so you know
I don't care what Hyundai says, not worth it to save less than $10
And the "specific number of degrees" is called a yield, just so you know
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Do you change your shoelaces when you put your shoes on every time also? Unless you are running big boost, re-using stock head bolts is a perfectly sensible way to save a few dollars.
edit: maybe once or twice. It would give even me the heebie-jeebies to re-use stock head bolts like 5-10x but then I also can't think why I would have the head off that much.
edit: maybe once or twice. It would give even me the heebie-jeebies to re-use stock head bolts like 5-10x but then I also can't think why I would have the head off that much.
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I dug it out of Webtech back when I started the head work on my spare cylinder head many, many moons ago.
Installation instructions:
http://www.newtonnet.co.uk/coupe/ser...d=12097#_12097
still looking for reuse specification . . . webtech not letting me in lately This is in a table on there somewhere, but here are two sites that copy/pasted it from the Hyundai TSB
http://www.rebuiltautoengines.com/hyundai-articles.html
http://www.automotix.net/autorepair/...uide-2373.html
Google did find MadJohn saying they use stock head bolts on high power builds in Korea
https://www.hyundaiaftermarket.org/f...p?/topic/29577
Installation instructions:
http://www.newtonnet.co.uk/coupe/ser...d=12097#_12097
still looking for reuse specification . . . webtech not letting me in lately This is in a table on there somewhere, but here are two sites that copy/pasted it from the Hyundai TSB
http://www.rebuiltautoengines.com/hyundai-articles.html
http://www.automotix.net/autorepair/...uide-2373.html
Google did find MadJohn saying they use stock head bolts on high power builds in Korea
https://www.hyundaiaftermarket.org/f...p?/topic/29577
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head bolts are actually a lot more than 10 bux, when i bought mine they were like 4 bux EACH iirc
i personally, wouldnt reuse em unless i absolutely had to
i personally, wouldnt reuse em unless i absolutely had to
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Personally I would NEVER reuse stretch-bolts. Never ever ever no matter who tells me otherwise. That's me though, do what you want.