Head Re-torgueing - Hot or Cold?

[Ron/IA]

Mike V. Florida hit the nail on the head when he stated - "all the nuts at the same amount and kept that way".

I recently had a reply from Larry Brumfield; he stated the following: "Always torque and retorque cold on a flat head. You want the most accurate torque possible which would be harder to achieve with the unwanted friction created by heated or hot threads."

That certainly makes sense to me, and that is what I am going to do.

Thanks everyone for the very interesting thoughts.