So just a general question out there for anyone willing to assist. I'm in a middle of rebuild and I have about a 1-2 weeks before I can start putting my engine back together. I got a R52S with a W11 engine and the TIS is saying I MUST REPLACE both the inner and outer main cap bolts on the crankshaft bedplate. I found a set of inner main cap bolts on minimania for 57 bucks but can't find the outer bolts for less than 76 at roughly 6.50 a bolt.Every source i've found only offers individually. Anyone have any sources you've used in the past? ARP unfortunately doesn't have a set for the R52/53 W11/10 engines.

 

Personally amd working on 2nd gen minis, i only replace the inner bolts since there is an added angle torquing.

Ecstuing might also have the bolts. also fcpeuro has hard to find bolts. Use realoem to ge the part number for these items.

 

thanks for the info... checking in TIS the R52/53 W10/11 engines doesn't have an angle torque requirement so now i'm questioning if the bolts are reusable since the TIS and the Bentley book does not say the bolts are TTY. The angle requirement doesn't kick in until R55/56.

 

Bearing cap bolts on a lot of engines, including American V8s, are normally reusable.