Flywheel bolts?!

[Smokey228]

Quick question, im making the chalkboard a manual today. But i wanna make sure, is it okay to rattle gun the flywheel bolts on? Or should they be done to a certain tourqe?

Cheers,
Jase

[YLD-16L]

They are meant to be torqued.

[4agte]

definatley torqued

[Smokey228]

anyone know what tourqe to take them to?

Cheers,
Jase +repd

[Norbie]

anyone know what tourqe to take them to?

No, because you haven't specified which engine.

[LeeRoy]

4ac, Flywheel torque setting 74nm

- LeeRoy

[4agte]

i put red loctite in mine aswell for peice of mind

[Smokey228]

No, because you haven't specified which engine.

Oh yeh, sorry my bad
Its a 4ac. But cheers for leeroy clearing that up...

When going from auto to manual, there are two platelets on either side of the auto flywheel. Do you keep these when putting a manual box in or remove them?

Cheers,
Jase

[Billzilla]

i put red loctite in mine aswell for peice of mind

If we're talking about doing up flywheel bolts properly, this is how to do it -
1. Make sure all the threads are very clean.
2. Put the flywheel on with all the bolts, hand-tight.
3. One-by one, remove a single bolt and put some synthetic oil under the head of the bolt. If you don't lubricate the bolt head like that, you will be under-torqing the bolt by up to 30% or so. When that's done, put a drop of Locktite on the thread and replace the bolt with a bit of torque to make sure it's tight.
4. Go around the flywheel one bolt at a time to make sure they all end up like that.
5. Do the final torques on all the bolts in the butterfly pattern.

The reason for putting the bolts in dry first is so that the flywheel is up tight on the back of the crank. It's possible to get some Locktite in between the crank and flywheel, and after a while it'll crank-up and so have the bolts go loose. That's bad.
So you make sure all the bolts are tight-ish first, then added the Locktite to the bolts one-one.

[4agte]

If we're talking about doing up flywheel bolts properly, this is how to do it -
1. Make sure all the threads are very clean.
2. Put the flywheel on with all the bolts, hand-tight.
3. One-by one, remove a single bolt and put some synthetic oil under the head of the bolt. If you don't lubricate the bolt head like that, you will be under-torqing the bolt by up to 30% or so. When that's done, put a drop of Locktite on the thread and replace the bolt with a bit of torque to make sure it's tight.
4. Go around the flywheel one bolt at a time to make sure they all end up like that.
5. Do the final torques on all the bolts in the butterfly pattern.

The reason for putting the bolts in dry first is so that the flywheel is up tight on the back of the crank. It's possible to get some Locktite in between the crank and flywheel, and after a while it'll crank-up and so have the bolts go loose. That's bad.
So you make sure all the bolts are tight-ish first, then added the Locktite to the bolts one-one.

nice stuff bill

[Smokey228]

cheers for that guys... Out of interest, what do you guys use to allign the clutch plate?

Cheers,
Jase

[Merudo]

cheers for that guys... Out of interest, what do you guys use to allign the clutch plate?

Cheers,
Jase

a clutch alignment tool?

Albeit a socket extension bar works too... or a screwdriver handle

(i'll probably get ripped into for that one)

[4agte]

old imput shaft if you have one lying arround

[Hybrid]

If we're talking about doing up flywheel bolts properly, this is how to do it -
1. Make sure all the threads are very clean.
2. Put the flywheel on with all the bolts, hand-tight.
3. One-by one, remove a single bolt and put some synthetic oil under the head of the bolt. If you don't lubricate the bolt head like that, you will be under-torqing the bolt by up to 30% or so. When that's done, put a drop of Locktite on the thread and replace the bolt with a bit of torque to make sure it's tight.
4. Go around the flywheel one bolt at a time to make sure they all end up like that.
5. Do the final torques on all the bolts in the butterfly pattern.

The reason for putting the bolts in dry first is so that the flywheel is up tight on the back of the crank. It's possible to get some Locktite in between the crank and flywheel, and after a while it'll crank-up and so have the bolts go loose. That's bad.
So you make sure all the bolts are tight-ish first, then added the Locktite to the bolts one-one.

Yep nice write up indeed.

A good point to note is if you torque the bolts without using oil on the inside of the head, you should torque to the required setting and then go a further 70-100deg. This should give you the required torque also.

[LeeRoy]

cheers for that guys... Out of interest, what do you guys use to allign the clutch plate?

Cheers,
Jase

A clutch aligning tool of course Think supercheap and repco sell these, theyre a little bit nasty but get the job done. 90% plastic, prob $20 or so. A broomstick might work also.

Ive also used my hands a few times but that gets hard when your under the car.

- LeeRoy