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Old 05-30-2015, 06:33 PM   #10
Bob C
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Default Re: Stripped flywheel bolt

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Originally Posted by 49fordv8f4 View Post
I would probably use a Heli-Coil if it were mine. I've never seen the thin plate under the bolts bent to lock the bolt heads either. I'm not sure the purpose for it , unless the mild steel would give more "grip" to the bolt heads to help keep them torqued than the cast iron flywheel would
Mark.
The thin plate is called a flywheel dowel retainer, keeps the dowels
from working there way out.

Bob
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