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Old 01-23-2020, 06:27 AM   #24
JayG
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Replace the bolts when you replace the WP. When I replaced mine several years ago, I torqued the head off one of the bolts at 7.5 FTLB!. Fortunately, there was enough sticking out of the block to easily remove it. I replaced the bolts with grade 8 capheads. I posted a thread on this.

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