justin_o_guy2
Serious Thumper
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What happened?
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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A 1/4" ratchet is easier to use & not so likely to twist threads out. Use fingers & wrist, not the arm, & go slow & FEEL of the feedback from the threads. You should be able to feel it come tight, Its better to have a little leak & have to tighten them again than twist something to death,,
Also, bring all bolts down to contact, then work everything down like torquing a head, cross tightening, no hurry, its better to hit every bolt 5 times than have to fix a ripped out thread, I use a nut driver to get every bolt "Landed", then I put a twist on them with a ratchet & keep going back & forth till I feel them start to resist, then I go Sloooow & feel each one as it pulls tite, I havent wrecked any threads in years,, I even still have the OEM bolts in the valve covers.
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