Reusing head bolts?

[C91BLX7]

You don't have a 12pt socket?

[d112crzy]

You don't have a 12pt socket?

The ONLY 12 point sockets you'll ever need to work on a Honda are a 10mm and a 17mm. 10mm for the clutch bolts and the 17mm for the flywheel/flexplate bolts.

12 point sockets are great for rounding the shit off hex heads.

[C91BLX7]

The ONLY 12 point sockets you'll ever need to work on a Honda are a 10mm and a 17mm. 10mm for the clutch bolts and the 17mm for the flywheel/flexplate bolts.

12 point sockets are great for rounding the shit off hex heads.

You need the 10MM for the front wheel bearings.

[d112crzy]

You need the 10MM for the front wheel bearings.

I was just about to mention that too.

[bcjammerx]

I don't care if someone here has reused theirs 10 times...do not reuse them. They are torque to yield and that means to do it the RIGHT way and not the half ass way is to replace them or upgrade never reuse a tty bolt...strapped for cash or not.

[foamypirate]

You don't have a 12pt socket?

I do, just not for my 1/2" Torque Wrench. They are all 3/8".

[C91BLX7]

I do, just not for my 1/2" Torque Wrench. They are all 3/8".

Shit like that pisses me off.

[foamypirate]

Shit like that pisses me off.

Me too...you'd think my eleventy-billion piece socket set would have a 1/2" to 3/8" adapter, but noooo.

[Losiracer2]

Me too...you'd think my eleventy-billion piece socket set would have a 1/2" to 3/8" adapter, but noooo.

2 words: Harbor Freight

[wed3k]

You need the 10MM for the front wheel bearings.

not on some CD5's

[dbsharp]

I don't believe that the head bolts are torque to yield. No manual Ive read say that they are and no manual says to replace the head bolts. This information would be pertinent and vital to the user of the manual, and I don't believe they would leave that out. It would be interesting to find out what the tensile yield strength of the metal that Honda used is, then I would be able to calculate whether or not the torque applied to the bolt would cause the bolt to strain past the yield point. If anyone happens to know what material they are made of speak up!

[1990HybridCB7]

I've used them 3 times on my old f22.

It's the one that brought me across the country and kept up with h22's.

Same with me. When I bent my valves on my H and had to pull the head, I just resused the old head bolts.

Been running on them for over a year w/o any problems

I didn't reuse my headgasket though



BTW, I don't know about the F, but the H22 head bolts ARE NOT torque to yield.

Im assuming it'd be the same for the F but don't quote me

Your only suppose to torque the head bolts in three sequences (29 lb-ft, 51 lb-ft, 72 lb-ft). working fom the inside out

Only Honda i've seen that is TTY is the S2000...

[Fake Thug]

I do, just not for my 1/2" Torque Wrench. They are all 3/8".

Go get a 1/2'-3/8th impact adapter from snap on or craftsman. boom. problem solved.

[bcjammerx]

if you torque a bolt to a set amount of foot pounds, then turn 90 degrees more...it is tty

[F22HB]

If your keeping the engine stock, you should be ok reusing them. Not like the F22 is running high compression or a high stress motor.