Yet another example of why I need to stay the f— away from my car when it’s past 10pm and I’m tired. Particularly when doing something as critical as tightening the head bolts.
Instead of tightening 22/90/90, I tightened 22/180. Since some time back in elementary school up until about 10 minutes before tightening, I knew that 90 degrees was a quarter turn. Then, for some dumb reason that I will never be able to full explain or live down, I thought 90 meant going halfway around. Fortunately (???), before doing the 2nd “90”, I realized my mistake and stopped. So I’ve effectively turned each bolt the prescribed 180 degrees, but in a single stage rather than split into 2 stages.
On a scale from 1 (you’re an idiot) to 10 (you’re a huge effing idiot), how badly did I screw myself here?
I’ll likely end up trying to put it all together and giving it a shot anyway, but I figured I’d ask so I could put myself up for ridicule (to make myself feel better) and to determine how much I should be preparing myself, mentally, for a disaster.
Or, if I’m extremely lucky, someone will say, “Meh, I’ve done it before. No big deal.”
Som