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Charlie Dog
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Posted: 22 Oct 19 at 14:28 |
Haynes says to fit a new top bolt
every time you take one out. Torque it to 80nm Then turn it 180 deg. Please would someone tell me where I can get a couple of top bolts at a sensible price. Working on an 05 Caravelle Is the bolt likely to be rusted in please? If so, what's the solution please? Does anyone actually fit new bolts? Or do you stick the old one back, as in the Autodoc video please?
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T5 TDI
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I've never heard of a stretch bolt on a shockabsorber. Stretch bolts are normally reserved for critical parts that mustn't loosen at all over time, like crank/cam pulleys, head bolts etc. Unless it's something new I think it's a mistake.
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Charlie Dog
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Thanks T5 TDi.
Like you, I don't see any reason to use stretch bolts on shocks. Coupled with the fact Google can't find me any new bolts, I wonder if Haynes made it up. However, it's written in 2 places. 10*2 Shock absorber lower mounting bolt and nut, Stage 1 - 120nm Stage 2 - Angle tighten a further 180 deg. Shock absorber upper mounting bolt Stage 1 - 80nm Stage 2 - Angle tighten a further 189 deg. 10*10 Tighten all new nuts and bolts to the specified torque and, where applicable, through the specified angle. Google found this guff most of which is beyond me. Can anyone put it simply please? |
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T5 TDI
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I've never seen that type of rear shocker bolt come loose unless someone didn't tighten it up properly in the first place. I reckon using the wrong type of bolt (like standard mild steel) on suspension components is a far more dangerous thing. Usually stretch bolts are used where even a slight loosening can mean a disaster of one kind or another. At the end of the day the main thing is that a bolt/nut doesn't come undone with time or vibration or temperature changes. On stretch bolts the last part of the tightening process (whichever method is used) lengthens the bolt very slightly in a controlled way, which puts a pre-load on the bolt and makes it less likely to come undone. Critical suspension bolts are usually made of high tensile steel anyway but stretch bolts are specifically made for that purpose. |
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Charlie Dog
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Thanks T5 TDI :o)
I just Googled "Stretch bolts" "In order for a stretch bolt to be cost effective, it is often made from low grade steel with a class rating of 10.9 and a typical tensile strength of 150,000 PSI. A metric class 10.9 rated bolt has about the same tensile strength as an SAE grade 8 bolt available from your local hardware store.." |
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T5 TDI
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Aha! The VW bean counter at work again? It is important understand the application though. For example if you re-use a stretch bolt on a crank pulley that doesn't have a woodruff key expensive things are likely to happen if it loosens even slightly.
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Charlie Dog
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Very true Sir.
Until someone shows me otherwise, I think it unwise to re-use shock bolts. Any takers please?
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Charlie Dog
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Thank you for your advice T5 TDI.
I've scratted around the Internet a fair bit and decided to buy 2 shouldered M14x1.5x95 10.9s 2 shouldered M12x1.5x65 10.9s That I will tighten to 210Nm & 135 Nm. I got those torques from sites as correct for those bolts. As far as I see see there's no point in tightening by angle, since: - The whole point about tightening by angle appears to be to get all bolts on, say a head, as tight as each other. With shocks, it matters little if one bolt is a little tighter than the one on the other side of the van. Please will you tell me if you think I've got it wrong, and why? Thanks
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T5 TDI
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Torque angle is not so much for even tightening, you can do that using standard bolts and a torque wrench. It's to stop it coming loose. The stretching of the bolt as you put the last bit of force on it keeps some extra tension on it which would have to be released before it could come loose. As long as the bolt shoulders are a good fit in the shocker bushes and the right length I can't see why there should be a problem.
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Charlie Dog
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As long as the bolt shoulders are a good fit in the shocker bushes and the right length I can't see why there should be a problem.
Thanks T5 TDI. From my point of view, there's a lot of bullshine lighting up stretch-bolts. When you torque a bolt not all the force goes into stretching the bolt. Some of your strength is wasted fighting friction. I went along with the idea that friction get less predictable as torque increases. That, if you torque to say 75% of the torque need to stretch the bolt, and then turn the bolts say 3 flats, you get more equal results. How do you find that idea please?
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Charlie Dog
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Here's a more technical view: -
Torque-angle Method In the first step, the bolt is snugged down to the cylinder head by means of a pretorque. With the second step, the so-called torque or tightening angle, the bolt is tightened into the plasticregion, i.e. beyond its elastic range. Using the torque-angle method, the variations in bolt clamping force lie in a range of ±10%. Using the simple torquing method with several steps, the variations will be within ±30% of the calculated bolt clamping force. The reasons for this lie in the dispersion range of torque values and the overall coefficient of friction, i.e. the friction occurring under the bolt head and in the threads I snitched it from Praxis who make stretch bolts: - |
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T5 TDI
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Can't say I know that much about the science of it. I certainly wouldn't ever replace a stretch bolt with a standard bolt on any critical part but if both shocks fell off, apart from an unpleasant bouncy ride and terrible handling nothing much would happen. The suspension wouldn't sink or collapse or anything because that type of rear shocker isn't load bearing, it just damps the natural oscillation of the spring.
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Charlie Dog
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Thanks T5 TDI
What you say about shock bolts coming loose seems spot on to me. If we are picky, shock bolts aren't proper "Stretch bolts". Haynes led us up the garden path by telling us to tighten by 3 flats. I Googled "Stretch bolts" this morning, stretch bolts have a narrow shaft. T5 shock bolts look like normal bolts. |
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T5 TDI
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Head bolts often look like that but often the wasted part may be more to stop them corroding to the head. This is a stretch bolt for a con rod. Not how fat it is. Crank stretch bolts are much the same. https://www.turnerengineering.co.uk/PBSCProduct.asp?ItmID=20634864&AccID=122596&PGFLngID=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgNXtBRC6ARIsAIPP7RvdVeCmXk-24fhJ2se_2qJzsG64qCsdNbHXXq_YEq3wkcdFblB82iMaAuo8EALw_wcB
It would be interesting to know what the elswin manual says about it all.
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Charlie Dog
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True :o)
A little bit narrower between where the shank ends and the thread begins. Unless my eyes deceive me.
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Stryne
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Elsawin says replace bolt (surprise, surprise) 80 Nm plus 90 deg further.
One coud do what DIYers, RAG backyard repairers, bush mechanics (I'm one), have done for centuries, no discussion, no intellectualising, no forum lookups, just tighten the old bolt and forget about it, and they don't come loose. |
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Charlie Dog
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Very true Stryne, thanks :o)
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