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Originally Posted by GearKid
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Originally Posted by Ajolives
I'm thinking there's a 5% chance the shop is innocent. Just such an odd situation to happen without outside interference. I would bet there was foreign material on the threads - ripped the thread when they went to torque. Makes sense to me as the first couple threads are apparently spotless
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You're absolutely reasonable! The tech's story is the bolt never hit anywhere near the torque spec, implying a pre-existing issue. The shop owner was thinking the threads could have been damaged when the bolt was broke loose during disassembly. This is like a frozen bolt pulling the threads with it. Problem here is the rod's threads "above" the bolt's thread pattern were perfect. I would think if threads were truly frozen on the bolt then the bolt would have dragged those frozen threads right through all the rod's threads and buggered them all. |
But if the clearance check, using the OEM bolts and torque procedure, preceded that, would that not also fall into the pre-existing conditions bucket as well?