TRNW-2: 10R80 pump bolts

[Chris and Cathy Kershaw]

I used to use impacts for tightening everything. Now I use a torque wrench
more and more everyday. Try tightening things up using whatever your
preferred method is, then start rechecking things with a torque wrench and
spec. You might be left wondering how many more loose bolts are out there,
I know I was.

On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM William Chechel via trnw2 <trnw2 at trnw.net>
wrote:

> I had the same exact thing happen to me. We took the bolts, cleaned them
> and used locktight. Its been out for about 3 months now. I honestly thought
> I forgot to tighten the bolts.
>
> I think I might just reuse the originals from now on. Clean them up
> locktight and silicone them in.
>
> On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM Steve Everett via trnw2 <trnw2 at trnw.net>
> wrote:
>
>>   I just had a 10R80 I built a couple weeks ago come back leaking out the
>> front,  virtually all the pump bolts were loose,  I did not reuse the
>> factory ones, but used the ones in the Precision kits,  which have the
>> cheesey silicone applied around the bolt head,   So either I didn't get
>> them tight enough originally ?  which may simply be what happened, I
>> typically put them in with my speed handle, tighten them with my battery
>> powered impact, and recheck them with my speed handle, but I could have
>> been distracted during that process or pulled off to do something else ?
>> who knows ?
>>
>>    What are most of ya'll using on these ?  the later design Ford bolts
>> ?  or using these cheesey ones and maybe adding some locktite or adding a
>> dab of silicone ?
>>
>>   Steve
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