Should I get new bolts???

[1990LXDropTop]

Going to be installing a new clutch/trans in a few weeks... Should I get new flywheel bolts? ARP sells them... Also, should I get new pressure plate bolts and dowel pins? Or should I just re-use all the stock bolts? Will they be okay?

 

[Grn92LX]

Get arp's, 200-2802 part #. Press plate bolts you'd need new ford ones if you got new. I reused my old ones. I used blue loctite on the press plate and flywheel bolts. I went 24 ft/lbs on the press plate and 70-90 ft/lbs on the flywheel. Nice choice on the flywheel

 

[DW5.0L]

Get the FRPP bolt and dowel kit.

 

[Grn92LX]

You don;t need the dowels as they come with your fidenza alum flywheel. Just be sure to use the supplied loctite on the dowel pins and the weight bolts.

 

[wht93gtEd]

Going to be installing a new clutch/trans in a few weeks... Should I get new flywheel bolts? ARP sells them... Also, should I get new pressure plate bolts and dowel pins? Or should I just re-use all the stock bolts? Will they be okay?

I just re-used the factory stuff. I used red loctite on the flywheel, torqued to 85 lb/ft. And I used blue on the pressure plate, torqued to about 20 lb/ft (they reccomended 15-22, but 15 seemed waayyy too light).

I re-used the factory because they were in great looking shape. I don't have a high horsepower engine, and nothing was rusted in place. So I just re-used them.

 

[Gearbanger 101]

Do you need new bolts??? No, but if you've got the extra cash lying around, it's not going to hurt anything.