Head bolts

[freshtiva]

What do you call the socket you need for the head bolts. Guess I need to buy one. Its like the negative of a 12 point star.

[25Horseplay]

A torx bit?

[freshtiva]

Torque bit ?? A 13mm six point fits over it tight. Almost works. I use an extractor to get one out to take to the tool store. Also, are the bolts reuseable ?

[Slyder]

I dont think your supposed to reuse the bolts because when you tighten them you stretch them a little bit and if you reuse them they will stretch to much and arnt as strong.

[freshtiva]

Mmmm, wonder where I could get new ones and how much theyd cost.

[Slyder]

I'm not a 100% sure how much validatey there is to what i said thats just what my mechanics teacher told me. thought i would pass on what i had heard.
couldnt you go to your local auto parts store like napa and order them.

[FB71]

Torque bit ?? A 13mm six point fits over it tight. Almost works. I use an extractor to get one out to take to the tool store. Also, are the bolts reuseable ?

These bolts are not TTY (Torque To Yield). They are reusable.

They're just 12 point bolts, nothing special. Should be a 12-pt 12mm, IIRC.

[freshtiva]

Well I didnt try a 12 point, most of my sockets are six. Ill try that. Thanks ! Couldnt get a good pic of the head. Its kind of mangled from me removing it.

[wrestler3025]

Just as Jim stated Marcus, the 12mm 12 point is what's called for. I just put some new valve stem seals on my B6 and checked the torque on my head bolts while I had the valve cover off.

[freshtiva]

Cool, thanks guys !

[KrayZFrameRate]

Yup, 12 points. People come into the store asking for a "special" reverse star socket all the time.

[freshtiva]

That was the ticket I feel dumb now. A good reason why you should flush out your cooling system once in a while. Not my motor BTW.