[s-cars] Pressure plate bolts; broke one; Part Number for this?

[Bob Rossato]

Paul,

I would recommend going one step further and replace all of them.  We don't
have all the details as to whether you were using a torque wrench, and if
so, what they were being torqued to (18 lb-ft is the spec, BTW), but one of
them obviously failed due to over torque.  Therefore I would have no
confidence that the others haven't been at least yielded.  You have to ask
yourself.  Do you really want to have pressure plate fasteners failing on
you when you least expect it?

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Sean Douglas
> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 5:35 PM
> To: Paul.Park at colorado.edu; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Pressure plate bolts; broke one; Part Number for
> this?
>
>
> Paul:
>
> Sorry to hear your frustration, if it were me, I'd remove the broken
> bolt.
>
> The bolts are M8 x 16 and are p/n N 014 739 2
>
> Sean
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> > [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
> > Paul.Park at colorado.edu
> > Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 1:53 PM
> > To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> > Subject: [s-cars] Pressure plate bolts; broke one; Part
> > Number for this?
> >
> >
> > My hands are freaking freezing!
> >
> > One of the 6mm (IIRC) bolts to mount the pressure plate
> > snapped in half. I'm sure it's not a good thing to run only 5
> > of the 6, but would it really be so bad to run 5? If it is,
> > can someone look up the pressure plate bolts in their Etka?
> >
> > Also, to correctly mount the pressure plate, should I jam it
> > on after it's aligned, instead of putting it on, and drawing
> > the pressure plate onto the flywheel?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Paul
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