Dont over tighten your bolts!!!

[2gTSIFZone]

other wise this will happen to you too!!! ;(

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ended up sheering one of the bolts that holds the rod to the crank... and well you can see what happened next... everything else came out of my oil pan =O

 

[Dyesuperman]

Wow that is a disaster! I would just get a new motor after that

 

[Billiam]

That will buff out jk that sucks time for another build!!!!

 

[motomattxxx]

You bent a rod and THEN you broke a bolt.

 

[boostedgsx95]

Did you break the rod bolt and still put it back together? Or how did it happen? I don't understand how you overtightened one bolt, and knew it, and put it back together and this happened?

 

[2GbTalonGuy]

That's what torgue specs are for.

 

[ktgurl87]

little duct tape a gorilla glue and i'll have that puppy back together in no time!

 

[johnson512n28]

Torque wrenches can double for personal defense if carried in your car ^_^

just sayin...

 

[Carter_95RS]

little duct tape a gorilla glue and i'll have that puppy back together in no time!

Don't forget the zip ties

 

[ajpm26]

Yeah... why would you overtighten 'em in the first place?

 

[SD99GST]

This is another first for me. Sucks man but hopefully lesson learned.

 

[2gTSIFZone]

I did not over tighten them... this is how i got the engine (well running (sorta))

he said he replaced the head and did some mods to the block... all i know is that i broke my socket trying to take rest of bolts out... mind you this socket set was a xmas gift (for this year)

so i grabbed a torque wrench and just to check just kept increasing the ft lbs 10 at a time to see just how tight they were... stock rods mind you... they were at 65~70 0.o

previous owner clearly had no idea what he was doing

 

[awdgocart]

good god that sucks. Nice little reminder you have there now

 

[ViciousLord]

Torque wrenches can double for personal defense if carried in your car ^_^

just sayin...

LoL.

 

[Silent3]

Damn. This happened with my subaru. Got the shop to pay for it tho!

 

[99gst_racer]

You wouldn't even be able to turn the engine over by hand with the rod caps torqued to 70 ft/lbs. I'm not even sure the starter could do it...

 

[motomattxxx]

Just because it took 70lbs on your torque wrench in REVERSE to take it off, does not mean that it was torqued to 70lbs, first off a torque wrench in reverse is not accurate, if it ever was even in forward (and unless you paid $400 plus for it it likely wasnt) plus if it had torque to yield bolts in it or torque angle bolts in it, then it could take any amount to loosen them, especially after heat cycling...that rod bent first, being a factory tech for a living and having seen plenty of rod failures over the years I can tell you that wasnt a bolt failure that started that.

 

[2gTSIFZone]

haha hence why it got a "ride" home... ran for a day or two... then KABLOOM!!!! :*(

 

[BoostedBeater]

Even worse, it only takes approximately 80% of the torque to remove a bolt.... Some guys just shouldn't be allowed around tools.

 

[2gTSIFZone]

couldnt agree more beater :Thumbs:

 

[Mopar McNeer]

Wow. That really sucks.