What a b&5t&rd of a job it ended up being! Seems like a lot of work to put the pistons at TDC on compression stroke but I did it anyway, even if the front did make me swear a lot.
It was all going well until I was torquing up the bolts on the front CCT. Haynes says 23Nm, so I set my wrench to just that. Ratchet ratchet ratchet. Snap......... That awful sudden loose feeling you only get when something has gone well tits up....
Feck..........
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Has anyone else had this problem? Is the 23Nm figure correct?
It took an hour of fun with the drill, stud extractors and eventually a punch and hammer to get the thing out again (rags and stuff jammed down the hole to stop swarf filling the engine).
The rest of the job was easy but I dumped the torque wrench and just nipped them up instead with a ratchet as I didn't fancy dropping the engine to drill out a rear bolt too......
No long term damage, and nothing seems to be leaking oil so I guess the new gaskets are sealed.
Runs nicely now as well.
Ah well. It's winter and the roads are salty. What else would I do on the first day of my holidays than fettle in the garage??????