10mm engine bolts wont torque

[CB7Man]

I kinda meant to post this here lol
But yea, my 10mm engine bolts arent torquing on my H22
One of the water pump bolts and all the the rocker arm/cam covers dont torque. What can I do?
They just seem to spin...I wimp out and stop it gets up to 7-8 lbs but wont go higher.
Thoughts?

[deevergote]

I was thinking that maybe you stripped the threads, but the fact that you still have 7-8lbs seems odd.

It's still likely it's stripped. Aluminum is very fragile. You may need to retap.

[CB7Man]

All I did was take them out, to apply some assembly lube to the cam/rockers...
Maybe I'll just get some balls and see If I can just tighten them with a wrench.

[deevergote]

It's possible they were stripped before you even got to them.

[CB7Man]

If you ever saw my sluged engine you would know, nobody but the factory touched it lol.
I'll keep torquing it, maybe it just needs to be turned more.

I have a small hint of a feeling nobody has ever touched those bolts lol
Dont start bashing, the engine looks perfect now.
All the bearings are fine, no serrations.
Some of the cam holders appear to have some mirrored spots on them (very finely buffed)