Thomas;

I understand the niceties of torque sequence; but it would seem that is all out the window when the engine has been run about 6 hours, many cycles to full power, and a dozen or more temperature cycles to 200-210 F; all with the two large bolts loose.  As far as I know nothing untoward has happened, but how can I be sure?

 

Al

Al,

I understand your problem with the loose bolts. The thing I need to mention is why would anyone have a main engine external bolt or nut that isn't safety wired?  I plan to wire all my nuts as this will prevent anything from falling out if a stud does break.

Bill Jepson