sleepy7666 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Well I did the headgaskets in march of 2011 and torqued it to the subie spec of 78 ft lbs.... Which is wrong.... Enter wobbling bolt 1 year later and I think a part of the bolt snapped off. Also part of the black plastic thread came out with the bolt... Take a look see at the pics and tell me what I can do.... Or if i should just kill it with . Thanks for all the help in advance... Mind you this car makes me (ie I may be drunk posting...) since I love my Saabs and this is just my inbetween car between the broken 99 VW passat 1.8 wagon (aka fast beater), the 99 and 01 Saab 9-3 Track and highly modded and the unreliable beater 96 ford escort I drive.... fml I should prolly not beat my cars like red headed step children... lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniberp Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 That bolt looks complete and ok. I have one out now. It has about 20 threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recian Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 That bolt is fine. That's just how theyre cast. Mine is the same way. You can see it's been grinded on the end to remove the rough edges when it was made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebugs Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Bolt looks fine. How is keyway, woodruff key, and harmonic balancer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster2 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 There is a recent post that the torque down to 78 foot pounds is incorrect, and is a book misprint. I seem to remember one guy saying he torques his to 185 foot pounds. Read all about this in a recent thread, use the "search" feature if need be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccrinc Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 The correct torque is 128 ft. lbs. This has been common knowledge for about 15 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 ignore the torque and just crank that joker on there. i use a 3 foot pipe over the socket handle, they never come off and no bothering with a torque wrench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivans imports Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I tourque them exsesively havent broke one yet 150 lbs min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepy7666 Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 Torqued it to the spec 125 ft lbs. I used the search function let me tell ya... I may use Rallitech/S-wings repair solution or fab up my own when I do the timing belt. I'll be posting one more time with links to all the important and helpful threads on the PIA situation. This is the 4th time I've tightened down that bolt... But the 1st time with an unchewed balancer... You should see.. The woodruff key is marred but I'll make it work until it timing belt time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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