Oil pan bolt torque

[dragoneggs]

By the way, thanks again everyone for the help ! This was an expensive lesson, I couldn't handle my tractor being broken down so I went out and ordered a new L4060, guess I will keep the l3430 for mowing and the new one for digging.

Now that's funny! I just about spit my coffee out. Who needs to torque down a few bolts when you can just buy a brand new tractor! I like your reasoning. :licking: :cool2:

 

[jcc320]

Now that's funny! I just about spit my coffee out. Who needs to torque down a few bolts when you can just buy a brand new tractor! I like your reasoning. :licking: :cool2:

A guy can't have too many tractors huh ? I've never had a FEL or backhoe before so I am looking forward to trying them out, I kind of regret not getting a BX since I don't really need something that big but, oh well too late now.

 

[bspeedy]

Ashtray's full. Time to trade in the car.

Enjoy that new tractor.

 

[jcc320]

Ashtray's full. Time to trade in the car.

Enjoy that new tractor.

Here is the result of stripping my drain plug.

 

[PILOON]

I am in my 70's and I own about 4 torque wrenches and they were all calibrated as I was an aviation mechanic.
It seems that whenever I 'go technical' and torque to specs I get that OOPS, that just started to strip feeling so I stop.
Fact is torquing is 'tighten as much as possible without stripping' and as well get all them bolts evenly tightened. (uneven can cause stresses and then cracks)
As long as I always use the same ratchet to tighten my nuts/bolts I actually prefer relying an my finger tips to get even torque values and when I do use the torque wrench the dial confirms the balanced values from fastener to fastener.

 

[jcc320]

I am in my 70's and I own about 4 torque wrenches and they were all calibrated as I was an aviation mechanic.
It seems that whenever I 'go technical' and torque to specs I get that OOPS, that just started to strip feeling so I stop.
Fact is torquing is 'tighten as much as possible without stripping' and as well get all them bolts evenly tightened. (uneven can cause stresses and then cracks)
As long as I always use the same ratchet to tighten my nuts/bolts I actually prefer relying an my finger tips to get even torque values and when I do use the torque wrench the dial confirms the balanced values from fastener to fastener.

I will be a alot more careful from now on, I didn't realize the pan was aluminum. I always remember the horror stories of the drain plug coming out while in operation and blowing the engine so I always tighten the heck out of them. I was surprised the pan was only $170 for a new one so I just put a new one instead of trying to fix the threads. I wanted to pull the pan off anyway to check for metal flakes, which I'm glad I did since there were metal pieces from the threads in the pan.