pressure plate bolt torque? (shouldered vs. nonshouldered)

Phil Payne quattro at isham-research.com
Thu Mar 28 09:43:31 EST 2002


> I need to bolt on the clutch pressure plate for my 5kcstq.
>
> The Bentley mentions two types of bolts, shouldered and non-shouldered, with different
torque specs for
> each.
>
> I'm not sure what they mean buy "shouldered".  Does this mean a section without threads at
the base of
> the bolt?  That's the best guess I can make.
>
> It can't mean the "head" of the bolt, right?  I mean, any bolt that is going to be able to
hold the pressure
> plate on is going to have a head on it.
>
> Too bad there's no picture of the two types of bolts.
>
> Any help is appreciated.  I don't want to use the wrong torque spec.

"Shouldered" bolts look like they have a washer already formed into the head.

However - the clutch pressure plate is held on by Allen screws, not bolts.

See my torque page at http://www.isham-research.com/quattro/torque.html

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