air ratchet on flywheel bolts?
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will it mess anything up if i use an air ratchet on my 6 bolts that bolt the flywheel to the crank?(already threaded down as far as they could go before using the air ratchet)
and is hand tightening good enough for the pressure plate to flywheel bolts?
thanks,
michael
and is hand tightening good enough for the pressure plate to flywheel bolts?
thanks,
michael
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I'll be honest and say that I used common sense when I did the first clutch on my z28 and actually used an impact on it (like I said though with common sense) I have used impacts for over 3 years when bolting on rims and tires at jobs so I have a very good idea of how much torque it feels like is being transferred. The tranny shop I was at said they did it all the time. I didn't do it on the second install just for safety. Take the extra time and just torque them man. I don't recommend doing it unless you have a really good sense for how much torque your are applying. An air rachet most likely won't put that much torque on them either IMO unless you have a very powerful one or something like a 1/2 air rachet that's really beefy.
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Does anyone know the exact torque specs for the flywheel and pressureplate and bellhousing and transmission bolts? If not ill try to find them in my Haynes manual when I get off work tomorro, thanks
Michael
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Definitely use the torque wrench to spec. Why cut corners on something that will only take an extra 1-2 minutes and could cause major damage to your car and parts if not done correctly, not to mention harm to you??? Think about how fast that flywheel is spinning when you're running at 6000 RPMs or above? 1-2 minutes it worth it.
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I used blue loctite. I also had it explained to me like this. Blue loctite is for people who want to take those bolts out again, red loctite is for people who never want to take those bolts out again, or if they cant find anything else to use and want to get rid of the car in a hurry so they wont hafta see it again.
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Yes...one drop on the threads, maybe two (one on each side of the bolt). I used red loctite, and have never had a problem getting the bolts back out...it takes more prevailing torque to get them to move, but it by no means permanently keeps them in place.
As for the transmission and bell housing bolts...DO NOT use loctite on those. As a matter of fact, put anti-seize on the dowel pins that align them, and leave the bolts clean. You'll thank yourself later since the bell housing won't be frozen on the dowel pins when you try to get it back off down the road.
As for the transmission and bell housing bolts...DO NOT use loctite on those. As a matter of fact, put anti-seize on the dowel pins that align them, and leave the bolts clean. You'll thank yourself later since the bell housing won't be frozen on the dowel pins when you try to get it back off down the road.
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not too much of a question for the clutch, but how tight are the bolts that go up through the oil pan into the rear main cover? i seem to have some kind of leak coming from the bottom edge of the rear cover, could this just be because its been sitting for past few days on jack stands?
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