Gearbox removal and swap help

[destinationtoby]

Good luck with that, No joke, i needed to get genuine flywheel bolts cause there such an unusual size. This sorta thing you may need to go to mitsubishi for unfortunately.

f**king great just what I wanted to hear.

[Bennoz]

Good luck with that, No joke, i needed to get genuine flywheel bolts cause there such an unusual size. This sorta thing you may need to go to mitsubishi for unfortunately.

f**king great just what I wanted to hear.

I don't reckon they're that unusual. Go to a fastener specialist like Coventry or Ajax. They'll be able to sort you out.

[destinationtoby]

Ok, the reason they snapped is I have the wrong bolts. They are too short..
I need to know the size or a picture or something, because I now have absolutely no idea what are the right bolts, and cannot continue untill i do..If anyone can find this out for , I will happily pay them a decent some of money for their troubles... Seriously... Please.

[Bennoz]

They look right to me

[destinationtoby]

They look right to me

Do u remember if they had washers on them like the ones I'm using?
They have to be too short.. When they snap, I can spin them straight back out by hand.
When the clutch is off I'm able to screw the whole nut bolt down. So when the the clutch is on, there's no way it's getting as far

[destinationtoby]

Find out for me lol and name your price

[Bennoz]

Yep, they identical to every other clutch bolt I've done. They will only go in a few threads to start with when the pressure plate is on, but they pull it in 5-6mm against the spring.

[Bennoz]

They look like an 8mm x 15mm metric standard to me..

If I get time this arvo, I'll throw the thread gauge on it to confirm.

[PHIL069]

Clutch pressure plate retaining bolt with captive washer - MF241251
BOLT,T/M CONNECTING WASHER ASSEMBLED, M8X16
http://www.camskill.co.uk/m3b0s12p96449 ... ssion_FTOs

My price is $1000

[Bennoz]

[destinationtoby]

Well f**k! Now I'm back to- why are the bolts snapping ffs. Well ill honestly chuck you both $20 each haha it's the part number I needed soo.
Would they be hardened or something? I've found other ones identical, soo they wouldn't be hard to find, unless their special lol
I set the torque wrench to 44nm I don't no what else I can possibly do

[Bennoz]

Well f**k! Now I'm back to- why are the bolts snapping ffs. Well ill honestly chuck you both $20 each haha it's the part number I needed soo.
Would they be hardened or something? I've found other ones identical, soo they wouldn't be hard to find, unless their special lol
I set the torque wrench to 44nm I don't no what else I can possibly do

As I said, I reckon the person who did the clutch previously wrung their necks & over tightened them. Not an uncommon thing to have happen. Lot of juniors are heavy handed with that sort of stuff.

I'm still having to helicoil threads on my intake manifold thanks to heavy handed apprentices doing plug changes over the years.

[PHIL069]

Well ill honestly chuck you both $20 each haha it's the part number I needed soo.

I don't want your money, just happy I could help

[destinationtoby]

Thanks philo, much appreciated.

As I said, I reckon the person who did the clutch previously wrung their necks & over tightened them. Not an uncommon thing to have happen. Lot of juniors are heavy handed with that sort of stuff.

I'm still having to helicoil threads on my intake manifold thanks to heavy handed apprentices doing plug changes over the years.

but. The bolts I've just snapped, weren't even on there before. They were in a container in my shed lol but definitely identical. I have snapped 8 bolts total so the six that were on there and 2 others. But I shall still go find some brand newbies and give em a go.
Just made a quick video of my attempts lol ill up load very soon if u don't mind taking 3mins to watch it, I case I'm doing something terribly wrong, like putting the clutch on the wrong way haha

[destinationtoby]

Here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoNDPDXgx1w

[PHIL069]

Fixed

[Vectose]

Yes you are doing it wrong. You are supposed to be tightening them in a star pattern. So you would do 12 o'clock, then 6 o'clock, then 2 o'clock then 8'clock and so on.

But you are doing it right by tightening them a bit at a time.

[PHIL069]

Where did you get your 44Nm specs from?
I have been looking through all my manuals and all I could find was this...

[destinationtoby]

Man I hope you're right

[PHIL069]

Do the bolts have a number written on top of their heads ie: 4.8, 8.8, 10.9