Barffed out my oil

[billybovine]

A little math

At something like about 8 ft-lbs, I betcha I could still hamfist the threads on the SE5 cover with that.

Lets see 8 lbs force on a 1 ft lever would be same as 24 lbs on a 4 in lever, but your hand would spread the force out so it would be closer to 26-28 lbs force. I guess I agree with a lot of effort it still could be over torqued.

 

[waytootall67]

D.I.R.T.T.

Did It Right This Timeray:

So the remaining stud came out with vice grips with little effort and clean. New bolts were torqued to 11N, felt kind weird like it wasnt enough but I resisted that final 1/8th of a turn. Ran it around the block ab few times and all seems good, except it needs a good degreasing. Thank you to everyone for your help and advice.:bowdown:

Below is the "good" bolt. Notice the stretch. Proper torque from now on.:banghead:

 

[BajaRon]

Did It Right This Timeray:

So the remaining stud came out with vice grips with little effort and clean. New bolts were torqued to 11N, felt kind weird like it wasnt enough but I resisted that final 1/8th of a turn. Ran it around the block ab few times and all seems good, except it needs a good degreasing. Thank you to everyone for your help and advice.:bowdown:

Below is the "good" bolt. Notice the stretch. Proper torque from now on.:banghead:

You are VERY fortunate. Glad it worked out as well as it did for you.