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Originally Posted by DR-JEKL
If they're loctited that's probably why (the bolts may 'twist' and be fatigued when removing them, then if you were to reuse them they could snap when torquing them up)
Having said that you would think 12mm bolts at 120nm should be OK to reuse...
They kinda look like a generic bolt, I dare say you could have gone to a bolt specialist and got the same bolt for a cheaper price... (I paid big $ for my half shaft and drive shaft bolts also though as i didnt want to stuff around chasing bolt suppliers)
G/L with the swap Vince, how long do you reckon its going to take you? Shame I didn't live close by would love to give you a hand!
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Thanks Shane,
I started the install today, had to do a walnut blast in the morning and only started around 2pm, around 8pm we had the gearbox, clutch and flywheel out of the car. Boy its pretty hard work. Taking apart the car I suppose isn't difficult, its just very tedious and time consuming on the ground. Hands get cut up and you get dirt in your eyes from all the dirt on the underside of the car
I'd say this is easily a 10-12 hour job on the floor on jack stands, a hoist would probably halve that time.
There was a very frustrating moment when I thought I may have stripped one of the etorx bolts on top of the bell housing. You have to undo the bolt from the top of the transmission and is a small bolt at a bad angle. So when you try and remove the bolt it tends to slip off and round the head. Somehow I managed to undo it.
I also had to machine down my e18 socket because you really need a thin wall socket to undo the E18 bolts. So lucky I had a lathe! You would be hard pressed to find an etorx at a walk in shop in Aus, let alone a thin wall one. If you didn't have a lathe I suppose you could grind down the socket with a grinder, but that would take forever!
Will finish off the job tomorrow. Big thanks to
einserM for coming over and lending a hand!
Will also update with pics of my old parts. My clutch, flywheel and pressure plate were all totally stuffed.