Read about how to properly torque the head bolts on your 12-valve Cummins, ... Cummins 12 Valve Head Bolt Tech - Head Bolts 101. Rust Bucket Gets Torqued. HOT ROD Staff Writer Nov 01, 2008.

Can I Replace Bad Head Bolts with Any Bolt? See All 4 Photos. The question is, can I replace a bad or lost head bolt with a bolt that looks exactly the same as the head bolts known to be correct.

Should I retorque head bolts? Yep, that seems to be a big question on the web and it gets, like most questions on the internet, a variety of answers. In short, at least here in 2020, the answer is ...

Torquing head bolts would appear to be a simple operation – just drop the bolts in and torque them in place. But the task is a little more involved if you are interested in performing the operation ...