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| | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 547 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 547 | How can I keep the flywheel from spinning while torquing it to spec? I don't really have access to help anytime soon and would like to take care of this myself. Any suggestions?
58' 3200 235 3-speed/OD
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,819 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,819 | Clamp a pair of vise grips onto the ring gear, and let them stop against the engine block as you torque the bolts. A "C" clamp on the flywheel will do the same thing.
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 194 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 194 | Done a lot of them that way. A screw driver or pry bar jammed into the ring gear can cause a burr.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | How about using a screw driver in the pressure plate assembly? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,819 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,819 | How about using a screw driver in the pressure plate assembly? By the time that's on there, the bolts he's trying to torque will be covered by the clutch plate. Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 547 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 547 | "I love it when a plan comes together...."
Thanks alot fellas, I appreciate the help.
And one of these days I will update my Photobucket(good-times...whatever the site is called...) so ya'll can see the new setup.
Last edited by ApacheFiend; 02/07/2012 6:44 PM. Reason: miss stated something
58' 3200 235 3-speed/OD
| | | | | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 226 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2007 Posts: 226 | That chain idea is a great one! Many moons ago I did the big screwdriver in the flywheel teeth method and wound up scraping some metal off of the bellhousing and into my eyes. I bought a flywheel tool after that, but the chain looks like the ideal low buck way to go.
LJ | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | Oh man, for some reason I was thinking of the pressure plate bolts! | | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 547 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 547 | Brad, great idea! I went with the chain method since I had some readily available. I put a pressure plate bolt in, hooked the chain onto that and rapped the other end with the hook around my spring and it held it fine. Torquing the pressure plate wasn't so easy though...
58' 3200 235 3-speed/OD
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