Head bolts

[SHOYAY]

Are the 3.0L head bolts reusable if they're not old? ..only have about 10k on them. Also...are the Apex head gaskets good ones?

 

[Irish Pride]

Head bolts are reusable.

I have Apex head gaskets on my 89. No issues with them. I lined them up with the old gaskets coming off and they looked identical.

 

[SHOYAY]

Cool, thanks!!

 

[black92]

Chad is correct. Ford shop manual mentioned they are re-usable.

 

[Bryan]

I though head bolts are torque to yield? Wouldn't you replace head bolts after removing them?

 

[Irish Pride]

I though head bolts are torque to yield? Wouldn't you replace head bolts after removing them?

The V6 head bolts are not TTY. They are reusable.

 

[Jbeck]

FYI.....any bolt that is NOT "torque to yield" is reusable.

 

[Irish Pride]

You wouldnt believe the amount of bolts we throw away at my dealership. Stuff that I'd put loctite on and move on, Ford says replace. They waste so much money.

 

[Jbeck]

You wouldnt believe the amount of bolts we throw away at my dealership. Stuff that I'd put loctite on and move on, Ford says replace. They waste so much money.

I think from their perspective that they are actually saving money because of the liability of reusing things....from a corporate standpoint servicing millions of vehicles....the liability would be staggering.

 

[luigisho]

FYI.....any bolt that is NOT "torque to yield" is reusable.

I think I remember v8 owners reusing TTY bolts because they couldn't get replacements at one point. That's what happens when design flaws burn through spare part supplies.