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Planning to reseal my rocker covers in the next few weeks. Was looking into something like this http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Nissan-240SX-SR20DET-Stainless-Valve-Cover-Bolt-Kit-/380347803159?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item588e7ee617 but for an rb engine. Anyone know where i can get one from? Also is it worth while? as i always have the tendancy to rounding the top of the phillip screw. Any other suggestion?

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I got replacements from bunnings, m6 x 25 high tensile hex bolts.

Then I just used a washer on either side if the rubber grommets so it didn't pinch through. Looks pretty good on all up cost me about 10bux.

And Munky is right, don't tighten the shit out of them just do them up enough to squash the rubber a little and then redo after a few heat cycles.

Edit: also don't forget to run a little bit of gasket goo around the back of the cover where the half moons are, they have a tendency to sometimes leak.

You can put a thin layer of gasket sealer on the whole thing. Doesn't matter about the torque, just tighten it until it is tight. It's a 6mm bolt holding on a cover, not a 27mm bolt holding your harmonic balancer on.

No need for sealer on the whole gasket, it just makes more work the next time you remove them.

Some sealant smeared inside the half moons, on top of the half moons, in the corners of the front cam caps and on the lower edge at the rear of the exhaust cam cover and it will be fine.

Just put a blob on your finger and push the blob into the corner where the cam cap meets the head. Dont worry about smoothing it out as the gasket will move it around and make sure the corner seals up nicely

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They are normally ok unless thay are solid as a rock

And getting back to the original post.... if your rounding the phillips bit ou your using the wrong size screw driver. You need a huge ass mother of a phillips head to do the job properly. Once you have the right size screw driver you will see thats its actually quite hard to damage the top of the screw

I would replace the half moons! I decided not to the first time and I had open it all up a 2nd time because it still was leaking out the back.

I'm pretty sure the link you first posted is for a coilpack cover and not a rocker cover.

A trader on here 'Kudos Motorsport' sell genuine Nissan Spares and they have all brand new bolts and grommets. They will set you back about $95 and I have found Kudos to be pretty cheap to be honest.

http://www.kudosmotorsports.com/catalog/nissan-bolt-washer-kit-cam-rocker-cover-genuine-nissan-rb20de-rb20det-rb25de-rb25det-rb26dett-excluding-neo-p-627.html

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