torque to me?

[gti fly bye]

confused

I am torquing the head up on my 8v after replacing my head gasket but...

I read that it needs to be done in stages, in a specail order,  40n than 60n than a full half turn (180degrees)

I have done the 40n, and the 60n, which was the max settin on my wrench! But i only turned each bolt 1/4 of a turn (90 degrees) because that was as far as thay would go!

My question is, should i use (or need to use) a exstention bar and turn the bolts to 180 degrees ( an other 1/4 turn)
I know i should follow the manual but it seems like ALOT of force to me??

HELP any one?

[golfvr6]

YES!!
Get a longer bar, you will need to do the bolts up to the specification. And yes the bolts are bloody tight!

[davidhawkins_78]

I'll agree with VR6 here - one thing though .....

If you've used non VW parts be careful as when torquin the bolts they can snap as they don't stretch in a uniform manner (Cheap materials).

Just go slow and easy ....

[golfvr6]

If the bolts won't go to the full tightening without snapping then the head won't seal anyway. Torque it up!! the vr6 headbolts needed a 2.5 ft bar to do them up, they were f**king tight!

[gti fly bye]

cheers, this job is takin for ever, only got the weekends, roll on the summer, cheers again

[golfvr6]

Take your time, do the job by the book, otherwise it will blow again.