im installing my clutch and i forgot if i need to add some blue lock tite to the pressure plate bolts. my gut feeling is yes but before i do it i wanna make sure.
thanks
brian
thanks
brian
Brian,
I could be wrong, but don't you work at ford?
Do you have the stock bolts? Take a look at them, they have some on there from the factory. I use blue for the flywheel bolts and red on the pp bolts.
yea im still at ford but we dont stock this stuff.
i did blue on the flywheel bolts and red on the pressure plate bolts.
i torqued the flywheel to 65 lbs and the pressure plate to 26 lbs (sound right?)
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I have read anywhere from 25-30, but the most important part is the fingers are all even when you feel them. If not you will have some nasty vibration in your clutch pedal.
good tip. i did check them and they were all even :beer:
i did forget to reinstall one small but important bracket
i cant remember if it goes between the bellhousing and block or if it sits on the outside of the bell housing.
here is a pic
good tip. i did check them and they were all even :beer:
i did forget to reinstall one small but important bracket
i cant remember if it goes between the bellhousing and block or if it sits on the outside of the bell housing.
here is a pic
yea im still at ford but we dont stock this stuff. my factory bolts were never taken off the clutch because when i sold the engine i sold the stock flywheel and clutch also.
im the assistant service manager i suppose i could have logged on to fmc dealer and got the answer but i wanted an excuse to get on here and dig around. i searched, some ppl said use red on everything and others said use red/blue mix like you suggested.
i did blue on the flywheel bolts and red on the pressure plate bolts.
i torqued the flywheel to 65 lbs and the pressure plate to 26 lbs (sound right?)
thanks guys
i hope everyone had a great thanks giving
No. Per my helm manual and other posts on here and other sites...
66-lbft for the flywheel bolts in basically a crossing pattern
33-lbft for the pp bolts first pass and then 60 degrees for second pass, again crossing pattern like doing lug nuts.
So I would redo the pp bolts if it was me.
And I remove that bracket. half the time when you are disconnecting the harness, the connectors pop off. So I just remove the bracket.
And that is one of my biggest beefs with the dealers. PP bolts, exhaust gaskets and other stuff that are common on most of the mustangs should be stocked. Luckily my local dealer does now since I buy it regularly.
Did you not use new pp bolts? Typically you should and then you would have seen the red already on them.
Well if you have everything bolted up already your good. They just help keep the metal spacer in place and ensure everything is aligned righ before you go screwing bolts in.