flywheel problems

[MATT]

Upon replacing the clutch and trans in my M35, I noticed one of the clutch pressure plate mounting holes on the flywheel was stripped out. I was going to heli-coil this hole but noticed there is a shoulder on the pressure plate bolts. If I was to heli coil this, the bolt would not fit in the flywheel snug. I ended up finding a "good" flywheel to use. It seems that the pressure plate bolts get stretched quite a bit, has anyone else ran into this problem ot seen this?



Thanks, Matt

 

[devilman96]

Yep... Been there... When you go to put that thing back together it helps to blow out and hand tap the holes first... Though the bolts are shouldered you can also cut down a 1.500 bolt by .250 and get a proper shoulder with longer threads.

 

[MATT]

great thanks