Hi all,
A mate was half way through replacing the big end shells on his sons old 1.1 (Kent?) Fiesta then read the book that said these big end bolts were 'one use'? Then he was told that he couldn't get replacements from Ford?
So, is either true and if so what does one do please?
Cheers, T i m
The big end bolts are down as one use only, I would be surprised if many people actually replace them and I would guess Ford still do them, if not then an engine reconditioner would.
Ah, ok. Def not a big 'don't' then?
Apparently not.
Ah, good idea, thanks.
T i m
Dunno - but as an aside I've never known it to be worthwhile replacing shells - except obviously after a crank grind.
VW Golf ones are supposedly one use. People do re-use them though.
I've always reused 'em when I've rebuilt a Kent engine with no problems. If you wanna be on the safe side
Cheers, I'll pass that on.
T i m
IIRC, the correct way is to measure the lengths against a new one. If any are stretched, discard. Or just check them against each other.
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