The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Driveline 292 inline 6 clutch pressure plate bolts??? help!

Hi guys,
Again thanks for all your help on this build. Sheesh, I cant seem to find anyone that knows the size, let alone has them. Does anyone here know? :can't look:

Most likely thery're 3/8-16, grade 8, around 3/4" or 1" long. Places like Tractor Supply or Fastenal should have them on the shelf. You could also use Allen socket head bolts- - - -all the above are available by the thousands on Ebay. "This ain't rocket surgery!"
Jerry

Okay, thanks sir!

I believe there are lock washers on those too

Ahh yes.. good point guys.

Sorry, I wasn't paying attention the first time around and posted the wrong link. Use the following link and your search is over....

https://www.jegs.com/p/ARP/ARP-Pressure-Plate-Bolts/744904/10002/-1?&productId=744904&Tab=SKU&year=1966&make=CHEVROLET&model=C10+PICKUP&submodel=BASE&engine=L6+%28+4.8L+%2F+292+%29

http://www.allensfasteners.com/sear...5ytPs8AIVlD6tBh2NKgBAEAAYASAAEgIzUvD_BwE

Good luck threading those bolts listed in the first link into a flywheel- - - - -they're for attaching an automatic transmission flex plate to the crankshaft. The ARP 3/8-16 X 3/4" or 1" flange bolts would probably work, WITHOUT a lock washer. Use blue LocTite instead.
Jerry

While we're at it.. I read there was no condernable difference between an automatic flywheel and a manual.. I am bolting a manual to this flywheel.. It says auto written on it.. I got no clue if it matters.. everything seems to match up fine..

A flex plate for an automatic transmission is a thin piece of steel plate with a starter ring gear welded to it. The torque converter is bolted to it and provides the inertia to keep the crankshaft spinning smoothly. Standard shift flywheels are about an inch thick, and weigh in at 30-40 pounds plus the rotating weight of the clutch and pressure plate, so whomever told you they're the same has his "head up and locked" as we used to say in the USAF! On an internally-balanced engine like an inline six, there won't be any difference in the balance of a flex plate or a flywheel.
Jerry

Just for general parts interchange info between a 230 / 250 and a 292, you might find this link useful...

http://www.sonic.net/tfoot/pigpen/292fan.htm

38 1.5 ton I see this is old...you know those pressure plate bolts have an area with no threads that supports the pressure plate and goes into a recess in the flywheel bolt hole. they are not just ordinary bolts from your hardware store. On a high winder you may recieve a visit from your pressure plate.

38 1.5 ton,

Here is a link with a picture of the pressure plate bolts with "no threads that supports the pressure plate..." noted by fixite7.

https://www.holley.com/products/fas...rivetrain/pressure_plate_bolts/parts/910

Hope it is of some help.

Dan

GDads51 A friend who was no mechanic bolted up his pressure plate with just soft bolts,up at the gas station he opened the hood and raced that engine,blew the pressure plate down,well his girlfriend was sitting right above it no one hurt but for weeks after that you would see bolts and springs laying around there.So gotta watch out !!

HotRodLincoln Using the bolts you recomended may require some surgury if that pressure plate blows out of there !!!

GDads51 On your wife's 66 chevelle does it happen to be 327 with a Carter AVS (air valve secondary) carburetor ?? I had a plain jane 275 horse 4-speed that was the best sounding piece ever. With an exposed air filter it sounded just as tuff as any quadra-jet.Wore that whole outfit out,eventually put it in an AD 52 pickup never sounded as good again something about that flat hood I guess.

fixite7,

Read your note and will send you a PM to keep from swerving his post/thread any further off course.
Suffice it to say we have "some" similar ownership history my friend.

38 1.5 ton,

Any updates on your clutch/flywheel project?

Hope you've been able to find what you need.