studs!

[oxo]

haloo there,
Still rebuilding my XR2 from the ground up, was wondering whether anyone could tell me if its ok to re-use the con rod studs when connecting back on to the crank? Don't wanna leave anything to chance!

[Andy B]

then don't take a chance on old studs!
there are more qualified people than me on here but in most cases big end studs or bolts are stetch bolts and can only be torqued up once.

[Techteam]

New genuine bolts red loctite every time. Just a small amount don't use too much.

[oxo]

Many thanks both of you, really don't wanna get the summer off to a really bad start!