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Old Aug 23, 2012 | 06:05 PM
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Default Re: 62mm SRT6 Pulley Available Now

Originally Posted by rcompart
First off if you have two bolts made of two different materials with different elasticities and you torque them both down to the the same spec, they will exert the same amount of force on the surface they are being applied against. You might have to turn one more than the other and the amount of stretch may be more but if they are both tightened to 25nm they are exerting 25nm of holding force. Second, yes you want to make sure you don't crush the races but you're talking much higher torque specs before you need to worry about that and unless common sense escapes us all, people know you don't keep cranking on a bolt that holds down a bearing. If you don't, you shouldn't work on your car.
I agree my last statement is a bit erroneous, but torque is dependent on many variables and the same torque can apply different forces on the bearing, a lubricated thread will exert more pressure, a material with greater friction will exert less pressure and so on. So the correct material, formed to the correct profile and finish is required so that the specified torque gives the safe end load.

Tubes are notoriously weak when end loaded and crush relatively easily, a ball raceway that is buckled will not last too long. If you can break a bolt like this using a strap wrench I would suspect that the bolt is meant to fail before the end load was too great for the longevity of the bearing.


The smaller bearing used on this pulley could possibly require less torque on an OEM bolt to prevent distortion than when used on the OEM bearing. It all depends on the new cross section and ball raceway depth.
 
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