supercat
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| posted on 29/4/09 at 12:59 PM |
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Flywheel bolts - shorten or washers?
Hi All,
Fitting my lightened flywheel and the bolts are a smidge too long (lock the crank).
Would it be best to cut the bolts down slightly or place a washer under the bolt? Would it affect to torque used to do them up?
Cheers,
James
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flak monkey
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| posted on 29/4/09 at 01:05 PM |
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Cut them down if they are too long, do not use washers.
As long as you dont cut them too short it will be fine.
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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supercat
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| posted on 29/4/09 at 02:04 PM |
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Not sure about loctite as they are ARP bolts that come with the ARP lube stuff, not sure if that works with loctite....? I assume not...
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flak monkey
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| posted on 29/4/09 at 02:26 PM |
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No need for loctite. Make sure you torque them correctly with a good quality torque wrench.
Also make sure the holes in jour flywheel clear the chamfer on the bolt heads. Worth sticking a countersink in each bolt hole to put a 0.5mm chamfer
on each to make sure.
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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clairetoo
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| posted on 29/4/09 at 05:41 PM |
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/\ wot he said 
I've used locktight on flywheel bolts - and never had any come un-done 
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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ss1turbo
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| posted on 29/4/09 at 09:46 PM |
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...or get some bolts from an Automatic version of the same engine - usually about 5mm shorter that the manual versions (or is on a Zetec anyway!)
Long live RWD...
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supercat
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| posted on 30/4/09 at 09:13 AM |
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Yeah I have the auto bolts already - but the Tiger flywheel is thinner and there in lies the problem!
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