Quote:

Quote:

all but one bolt was within stretch specs at 63-65 pounds, I kept bumping the TQ a bit at a time because that one bolt would not go past .004 so I used a new bolt on that one.




???? So it looks like you don't trust the stretch method !!



I think you misread things. It looks like the fact that the one bolt wouldn't stretch consistently like the others while attempting to torque them raised a "red flag" that this bolt could have problems. If he'd just kept cranking on the torque wrench until it eventually came up to the target #, he'd have no idea how much the bolt had finally stretched.