<VV> Flywheel bolts

[BobHelt at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/10/2007 12:12:13 PM US Mountain Standard Time,  
wood.robyn at cvn72.navy.mil writes:

Was  starting on
the reassembly of my '63 clutch job and noticed the flywheel  bolts were
rounded a little on the edges.  Went to look at what it  would cost to
replace them with a better set and I see the price is approx.  $6 a bolt
from the vendors.  What is so special about these  bolts?  I have not had
time to check locally, but they appear to be  11/32(?) x 1" 24NF, grade
8.  Can I dress the edges and re-install  carefully or am I taking a
chance that the PO over torqued them and they  could possibly fail?  Any
opinion  welcome....



Robyn, 
Try running each bolt into the hub without the flywheel. If they go in  
without a lot of drag, they should be OK to use. Don't know why the high cost.  
Probably because they are mostly a speciality item. Unlikely they were ever  
overtorqued.........
Regards,
Bob Helt



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