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head bolt question: are they the stretch type? #59859 04/29/2006 3:55 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 27 Southeastern Arkansas B BLUE52 Junior Member
BLUE52 Junior Member B Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 27 Southeastern Arkansas	Im in the process of putting on a new head gasket and one of my friends said I would need to buy new bolts because you can only torque them once?? Is this right or can they be reused? Thanks Slade If ain't broke Break it and fix it.

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head bolt question: are they the stretch type?	BLUE52	04/29/2006 3:55 PM
Re: head bolt question: are they the stretch type?	Locobreath	04/29/2006 4:16 PM
Re: head bolt question: are they the stretch type?	BLUE52	04/29/2006 7:40 PM
Re: head bolt question: are they the stretch type?	Wrenchbender Ret.	04/29/2006 9:00 PM
Re: head bolt question: are they the stretch type?	Pakrat48	04/29/2006 9:58 PM
Re: head bolt question: are they the stretch type?	61 suburban	04/30/2006 12:19 AM

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