loctite on PP bolts [was: Re: alternative pressure plate bolt source?]

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Thanks Ben,

Great timing, I was about to send a post asking this, if I should use loctite on the pressure plate bolts
(5kcstq).  Now that I look at the original ones, they appear to have been dry.  I was thinking the thread
locking compound referred to by the Bentley is probably for the crankshaft to flywheel bolts, not the
flywheel to pressure plates bolts.  Since my Bentley has incorrect information, I wanted to confirm.

But I suppose either way there is probably no harm in putting blue loctite on the bolts, even if it is not
specified.  So, I've got to get some of that (since I have red), and I'll put it on both the flywheel and
pressure plate bolts.

Thanks for all the replies.

Ken

On 29 Mar 2002 at 8:43, Ben Swann wrote:

> Go ahead, you can re-use them.  Clean well.  Blue Locktite.  Torque down
> like I explained earlier.  You probably want to go on the lower end of
> torque, rather than risking over torquing.
>
> Ben
>
> > 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.
>
>