ruddy ell'

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almost completed the 500 mile service after the engine rebuild, i was totally shocked to find quite a few fasteners loose in engine bay, on the rebuild i treble checked everything for tightness cos im like that but ive just found both manifold bolts/nuts loose, rocker cover bolts loose, the alternator bracket had completely lost one of its m10 bolts and the other two were finger tight.

[stevepeanut]

looked at my engine bay the other day, no nut on my alternator bracket bolt, the bolt was just sitting there rattling, god knows how it hadnt jumped out

[Supercharged Nat]

the manifold ones loosen because of expansion and contraction in the metals. the rocker cover ones settle due to the cork gasket. idealy the alternator bracket and engine mount bolts etc would have spring washers with them, to keep them from vibrating loose.

 

I found the same with mine after a total rebuild- i guess thats why its so important to follow the correct torques for the engine internals etc.

[bigdaz27]

i had a vibrating under my car and found 3 of the 4 bolts that hold the gearbox to the bell housing had fell out one of them fooked of frew the bell housing

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i checked them but were ok.

 

ive got new spring washers on everything now but il still be checking em again in a coupla hundred miles.

[Deano1351]

Haha know what you mean, on my old escort the starter motor fell out

[rudel]

Deano i too had that happen realy makes hell of a noise eh! was just hanging there on the power cable!!!

[sitting_budda]

Haha know what you mean, on my old escort the starter motor fell out

 

same here... scared the crap out of my gf at the time!!!

[Billy_smith]

i had me k&n rattle loose on me twin choke upon inspection realisin that a bolt wos missin!hunted around cudnt find it ad a quik look down the carb and there it was caught in the choke butterflies!!! lucky or what?

[mk1super]

Guys your putting me off pintos here fast

[Messenjah]

i had me k&n rattle loose on me twin choke upon inspection realisin that a bolt wos missin!hunted around cudnt find it ad a quik look down the carb and there it was caught in the choke butterflies!!! lucky or what?

 

i had that too but mine fell in there and jammed the betterflys open and the throttle on was interesting

[countrybumpkin]

thats why i lock tight everything

[Retromotorsport]

biggest reason for nuts and bolts coming undone ..... ???

 

huge blokes hanging off huge ratchets and spanners over tightning everything .

 

A bolt has a self tightening elasticity ... by over tightening them your lose this..and it rattles loose.

 

check your Haynes manuals and look at the torque settings

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i do mate, in fact my mates take the piss outta me for using the torque wrench on everything lol, im putting it down to the stainless spring washers, i remember reading somewhere that they dont have the same spring tension as mild steel ones, ive also locktightened the major fasteners so il check again in a hundred miles or so

[Jonb]

Haha know what you mean, on my old escort the starter motor fell out

 

yep, the racket at 80 plus is untrue

[bmxdave]

biggest reason for nuts and bolts coming undone ..... ???

 

huge blokes hanging off huge ratchets and spanners over tightning everything .

 

A bolt has a self tightening elasticity ... by over tightening them your lose this..and it rattles loose.

 

check your Haynes manuals and look at the torque settings

 

Enough said.

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so whay say it again?

i said in the previous post i ALWAYS use a torque wrench.

[X FLOW EDDY]

Have had a starter motor drop off on my mk2 escort once !! Not a pritty sight.