alternative pressure plate bolt source?

[Huw Powell]

> As some of you know, I busted off a pressure plate bolt while following the wrong
> torque specs that are in my early single book 5kcstq Bentley.  (btw, is the typo in the
> later, 2-book version too?)
>
> Would it be okay to get a similar allen bolt from a hardware or fastener store?
> Should these things be able to be found by the specs?  Grade 8.8, metric, etc.

Yes.  But not many hardware have much of a metric selection.  You might
also find local outfits catering to industry, with much more interesting
stock (we have one around here... cool)

>
> There's that option, and also reusing "one" of the old ones I took out.  The rest are
> new.

I also don't see why you can't reuse them, especially considering that
you can now cherry-pick the nicest condition one.  Clean it up and reuse
it.  They aren't stretch bolts or anything, are they?  The bentley (in
it's typo infestd confusion) doesn't say they are "always replace"
items, does it?

We didn't reuse any on Brendans new engine because I destroyed all the
old ones with an air impact wrench and vice grips playing silly boogers
taking them out.

I think Megan's 4kq and my 90Q are both running fine with re-used ones
after our respective clutch jobs.

and if I'm totally wrong, I'm sure there will be corrections...

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Huw Powell

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