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Old 11-16-2016, 04:18 PM
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RB, the car was designed with TTY bolts for a reason. I'm not privy to the design reasoning for this, nor do I wish to be. I'm an electrical engineer by degree, not a mechanical engineer, so such topics are beyond my education and experience.

I have no problem replacing all 6 bolts and nuts, and I'm only really curious about whether the nuts should be replaced as well.

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Old 11-16-2016, 05:56 PM
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RB, the car was designed with TTY bolts for a reason. I'm not privy to the design reasoning for this, nor do I wish to be. I'm an electrical engineer by degree, not a mechanical engineer, so such topics are beyond my education and experience.

I have no problem replacing all 6 bolts and nuts, and I'm only really curious about whether the nuts should be replaced as well.

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I'm in agreement Gary for sure - I would replace the nuts and bolts when tightening the stiffening plate, pretty sure when my front suspension was replaced the guy re-used them and I've had the slightest bit of shimmy ever since -

And I also agree with Stephen, hoping its just your PS hoses but didn't you say you did your OFHG last year? If not, that's probably it - and God help you, like he said, if its the oil pan
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