Topic: Broken bolt oil pan

[calj737]

Keep it and go. Any bolt that needs so little torque is beyond necessary anyway on a 45 year old motorcycle. If you are a NASCAR or F1 or MotoGP mechanic, different story.

Mountain from a mole hill...

[754]

 If it handles the head bolts, I would say keep the 1/4 inch..
 Far easier to use on small stuff..
 I wish I had a 1/4 drive , my 3/8 Williams clicker, only goes to a low of 15 ft lbs , but I dial it under.. not sure if accurate ?
 Non ratchet 3/8 get in everywhere, even Harley base nuts and head bolts, which usually get done by feel with a starter wrench, as 90 percent of the guys don't have a torque wrench that gets in there.

[jlh3rd]

as a side issue, and since you asked for info...when putting something such as a pan back on with multiple bolts, you want to alternate tightening the bolts such as doing the opposite from one to the next. I'd also start with the middle bolts first , lightly snugging all of them first and then torque them.