Should I get new bolts???

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1990LXDropTop

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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

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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

 

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Get the FRPP bolt and dowel kit.

 

Grn92LX

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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.

 

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1990LXDropTop said:

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?

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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.

 

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