WBX 2.1 DJ Rebuild

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Re: WBX 2.1 DJ Rebuild

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Excellent news.
I hope they were not one time use stretch bolts?
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From recollection, I looked into this and I believe there are 'stretch' and 'non-stretch' bolts.

Mine were the latter.

I think the issue was lapse in concentration when torquing the big ends, I was probably called in for tea or saw something shiny..........
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:ok
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Re: WBX 2.1 DJ Rebuild

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Hi
What manual Did you use to rebuild your DJ engine with eg Haynes or Bently as I woud like something more specific if possible showing lots of data and picture?
Your stipdown thogh is pretty detailed
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Old thread matey but I used both Bentley and Haynes for my 2.1 build.
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