Charlie B. wrote:
>
> Listers,
>
> I came up with a good one yesterday. On my last run, of the last
> autocross of my season, my Spit started making a God awful banging
> sound. About that time the clutch stopped working. At first I thought
> the friction disk had gone away--again!
>
> Upon tear down I found three of the four bolts holding the flywheel to
> the crank had sheared cleeeean off. The alignment pin got
> cut off also. Fortunately, there was no damage to either the flywheel or
> the clutch components.
>
> What I'd like to do is E-Z out the threaded residue that's left in the
> crank. I see no marking on the OEM bolts that indicate any grading; 5, 8
> or otherwise. The only marking are "GSF" (which I'm assuming is the
> manufacturer's ID) and the UKC part number.
>
> Has anyone ever had this happen? Does anyone know what the grade of
> these bolts is? The last thing I want to do is try to drill into a
> graded bolt, working under the dash. Then again, I really don't want to
> have to drop the pan and take the crank to a machine shop.
>
> Anyway, to all you Spitfire drivers who've added, and who are adding,
> more horsepower the stock block, you may want to think about replacing
> these four bolts with a Grade 8. If I ever get these stumps out, that's
> what I'm goin to do.
>
> Anyone?
>
> Charlie B.
Charlie,
Wondering what you learned about your flywheel bolts,as I
haven't seen anything since your org.post. Did you get the stumps out?
did you find out what grade they were? Just curious.
Bob Harris
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