HELP Please! Broke valve adjustment screws

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Apr 4, 2010

myoldcivic

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HELP Please! Broke valve adjustment screws

Just bought a Harbor Freight torque wrench 5-80 lbft. I used it to tighten the valve adjustment bolts and broke two screens in the intake side of the cylinder 1. Looks like I have to replace rocker arms. Please give me advice so that I will not make any mistakes. What might go wring when changing the camshaft? Any DIY instruction for the 2001 Civic LX? THANKS!!!a

Apr 4, 2010

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Re: HELP Please! Broke valve adjustment screws

one click....just one click. unless its a beam deflection torque wrench.

Apr 4, 2010

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Re: HELP Please! Broke valve adjustment screws

my harbor freight torque wrench works fine im guessing user error on this one.

Apr 5, 2010

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Re: HELP Please! Broke valve adjustment screws

Umm.. I'm not totally sure on this one.. but I'm betting that the torque specs on those screws are rated in inch*lbs and you torqued them to foot*lbs. Meaning you way over tightened them.