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Old 08-25-2009, 04:25 PM
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From what I understand you should be fine. They don't need to be perfect (though one should always strive for that), the idea is that the bolts reach a "yield" zone. As I understand it, once they begin to stretch they should all level out to about the same tightness.

Here's the URL for a good article I came across describing the principals of torque-to-yield fasteners (hope I'm allowed to post it!):

http://www.enginebuildermag.com/Article/2343/threaded_fasteners_torquetoyield_and_torquetoangle.aspx

Same article, but with correlating thumbnail pics on sidebar:

http://www.enginebuildermag.com/Article/2415/threaded_fasteners_torquetoyield_and_torquetoangle.aspx

Last edited by long-gone; 08-25-2009 at 04:31 PM.
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