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Old 10-31-2007, 12:46 PM
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those are steel head bolts into aluminum block.it's no a matter of if the threads will break but when.murphy's law says that it will happen when you are torquing down the repaired head.ask me how i know.if you pull the heads the bolt holes will need to be helicoiled.only exception if already done.
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