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Old 16th August 2012, 12:39 PM
flyerncle flyerncle is offline
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Torqueing a bolt will increase its length causing it to stretch and this is the root cause of failure of a reused bolt in some cases.

Jap bolts tend to fail if used more than once,how acurate is the torque wrench.
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