I'm using a new click type torque wrench, decided I no longer trusted my old beam style. I really like it. And I agree I probably should have run them to 90#.
One thing I'm wondering. I am replacing this bolt with a brand new one, and I will torque it in steps (I think I originally did 30, 60, 90).
If I want to replace the other bolts can I just remove them one at a time and replace and re-torque? I guess it's OK to do that, since the shop manual calls for removing two bolts to use as lift points.
I suppose I will have to re-torque the bolts after I replace them and run the engine. I was amazed just how much the bolts had loosened up after running the first time. Some of them I had to turn nearly a full turn to bring them back to torque.
Tim
I am currently digging back in to a 1953 3800 (one ton) with a nine foot bed. I've owned it since 1979, and drove it until 1982 (or so). My wife got me involved in restoring it back in 2002, got the body removed and the frame redone, then things came up. Now I am retired and starting again. If anyone is interested I have photos on Imagur (
https://timwhiteblues.imgur.com/ ). I live way back in the woods in the Ozarks on 40 acres at the end of a 2 1/2 mile private road.
Tim
