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Old 09-20-2021, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by bmwfan0101 View Post

I bought all new bolts and doing it all over again, it's really tight when I do it with a ratchet, but when I go for 10NM with a torque wrench, it still keep going. I am afraid if I am going to break the new bolts. Don't think my Craftsman torque wrench is wrong
10 N·m is a fair amount of torque often enough to strip 6mm out of an engine block. 7-8 N·m about all you can do.

5 N·m torque for 5mm is BMW baseline.
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