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Old Nov 9, 2017
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Head bolts

Finally have all the bits and pieces ready to assemble next week. My question here is about head bolts. I bought two rebuilt cylinder heads. Should I, do I need to get new head bolts also? I have the bolts from the old heads and they appear OK. Just wondering if new bolts should be used? Thank you for reading this.
 
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The bolts actually stretch and change shape when they are torqued to spec. They are "torque-to-yield" bolts. Torque to Yield Bolts

Buy new bolts.
 
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Yes, even in the "old days" before TTY bolts you shouldn't reuse head bolts.

TTY bolts just added the very much shouldn't reuse !!! to the question
 
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