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I overtorqued!!!!!
Mea culpa!
I over torqued and broke a camshaft bearing bracket bolt after succesfully replacing eight valve stem seals in my 190e 2.3.
I knew I shouldn't have gone that far but all the other bolts clicked at the proper torque setting...this one didn't and I just turned it one-more-time and "snap"...and everything else was going soooooogood!
My thoughts are:
#1. Take the head off and take to machine shop.
#2. Three bolts could hold the bracket down...75% how bad could that be?
#3. Find a device that can extract the broken bolt out of the head and get a new bolt.
#4. Wait for one of you guys to show me an alternate way.
#5. Buy a bottle of Famous Grouse and start drinkin' again.
Thanks in advance for your kind words.
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