98RedBird

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Well I ordered a TCI flexplate and ARP torque converter bolts as well as ARP flexplate bolts. My question is that the bolts look to be short, there are only a few threads sticking out and I'm not sure if they're enough. I don't want to pull the threads out of the torque converter. Also, they look to be way too small for the holes in the flexplate. I'm afraid that they might move around from side to side when it switches from the forward gears to reverse. It just looks problematic to me. Here's some pictures, what do you guys think?

DrkPhx

iTrader: (15)

I have the TCI flexplate and had problems with the ARP bolt heads hitting the lower oil pan, so I couldn't use them.

98RedBird

iTrader: (77)

Yeah, after seeing mine I was worried about that as well. The ARP bolts seem to have a much larger head on them as compared to the stockers but with the recesses in the flexplate I think It'll be alright. We'll see tomorrow when I put this thing back together. Hey DrkPhx, were your bolts smaller like mine were in the very last picture?... this is what worries me the most...

BIG BAD BLACKSS

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My converter doesnt have any threads, just lil legs I guess you can call em welded to the lil converter so I will have to use bolts with wiashers and locktite. I read to just get the biggest size that would fit and to check clearance for bolt heads. Apparently clearance is a concern depending on what bolts you use so do be careful.

John_D.

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I'm just getting caught up, after not being on here in about two weeks...

Can't see the pictures, but if you have just a few threads hanging out, you need longer bolts. The rule of thumb is that you should have at least as much bolt hanging out, as the bolt is wide. And the tip of the bolt where the thread is just half-height doesn't count...

So if the bolt is 3/8" wide for example, you need at least 3/8" of fully threaded bolt sticking through.

Maybe a little more if the hole in the tq converter doesn't have full threads at the very top of the hole...

sslivingu

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SteveC

Take the bolts that you removed from the stock flexplate, and go to a specialty store and purchace longer grade 8 bolts.

SteveC