Tightening head bolts on engine stand?

[treed2 at wsu.edu (T. Reed)]

I agree.. just get the bolts pretty snug and bolt the engine in to the
car before torquing. I was a little afraid I was going to topple the car
from the jackstands when I did mine ;) I can't imagine it being easy to do
properly on a engine stand with casters.

-Toby

On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Allyn wrote:

> I dunno man, the last time i did this, i was putting some MASSIVE torque on
> those bolts to get the required rotation past the initial tightening
> torques. I ended up checking the bentley like 10 times in a row, as i was
> never that afraid of breaking something i was cranking on it so hard.
> you definitely have to have thta stand either bolted to something, or have
> several large, strong people hold that puppy still.
> hth
> Al
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Toomasson" <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 12:07 PM
> Subject: Tightening head bolts on engine stand?
>
>
> This maybe completely obvious, but I keep thinking about it and worry that
> it's not going to turn out as if it were done in the engine bay.
>
> So - you have your cylinder head sitting on a block on a stand - that stand
> has _wheels_ on it.  How does one get enough torque to cinch the bolts down
> on a base that's nowhere near as sturdy as being installed in the car...?
>
> I figured I could just pin the base of the stand against the garage door
> threshold, but I sitll worry that I wouldn't be able to get the _exact_
> right torque including the 180' turn... especially if I'm having to use one
> foot for leverage on the stand...
>
> Is it something you just need a strong friend for? Should it be tightened to
> the right torque and then hoisted into the engine bay and then torqued the
> 180'? (this method seems the _most_ plausible, but still sketchy in my
> mind...)
>
> I just don't want to get it done and then realize I f*cked it up....   :)
>
> Thanks, JT
> _______________________________________________
> Scirocco-l mailing list
> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Scirocco-l mailing list
> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l
>