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I found this out after I had torqued it to 185 ft-lbs, as my '89 FSM says. The information I found said that Toyota changed the torque value to 217 ft-lbs and labeled the crank bolt as one time use, have to replace. I took the middle road, re-used the bolt, but went back in and re-torqued it to 217 ft-lbs and used lock-tite on it. Not sure how much a new bolt costs, but, it is definitly a Toyota only bolt, it has big flange on it, looks industrial strength.

So far, no issues, but, time will tell....



I thought the crank bolt issues were with the 5vzfe...not the 3vze. I re-used my crank bolt, and just hammered it in there with the impact. So far so good.

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