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MY GSR FLYWHEEL BOLTS KEEP COMING OUT LOOSE

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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 06:34 AM
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ok this is my 2nd time that happends my gsr flywheel bolts keep coming loose. couple miles that i drive and i have a six puck clutch i guess 1 bolt came out so far that it is holding my clutch. what can i do so my bolts wont come loose againg? we torque them down as much as we could.
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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 06:47 AM
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Loctite?
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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 06:49 AM
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ya id give Loctite a try. are the bolts semi striped out?
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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 07:17 AM
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BOLTS ARE GOOD BUT I DIDNT APPLY LOCTITE
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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 07:34 AM
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are you 100% sure your using manual flywheel bolts and not automatic? seen a guy once with the same prob and he was using automatic bolts and they are alot shorter. I would just put some loctite on them and tq them to spec.
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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 07:50 AM
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THEY ARE MANUAL BOLTS I JUST DID A REBUILT AND CAME OUT WITH THIS PROBLEM
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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 07:54 AM
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PLEASE DONT YELL AT US WE ARE TRYING TO HELP YOU
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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 08:11 AM
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sorry forgot i had my caps on lol so yall think red loctite 272 should work?
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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 08:14 AM
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give it a shot .. are you torquing them to spec?
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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 08:23 AM
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yup
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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 09:18 AM
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anything better then loctite
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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 02:25 PM
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super glue?? just playin, loctite should work tho.....
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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 03:15 PM
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i sure hope it works kind of tired working on this dam car i think imma end up fixing it and selling it fresh rebuilt with itrs .not even 100 miles on my car. and i cant even drive it . lol
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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 04:05 PM
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I always use blue loctite for the flywheel bolts. Red is for permanent stuff, so if you have to change the flywheel or get it resurfaced again than the bolts will come out alot easier with the blue loctite.
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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 04:07 PM
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Lock thread make sure it's the RED KIND !!!! lol
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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 04:40 PM
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so do i use red or blue loctite my flywheel is not not going to come off sometime soon
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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 04:57 PM
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Use red, you'll be able to impact them off if you ever needed too.

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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 05:19 PM
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jb weld FTW.

jk i would use blue if it were me
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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 07:58 PM
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think am going to go red loctite i want it to stick so i wont have to pull the tranny againg
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Old Nov 29, 2008 | 06:44 AM
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ttt
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Old Nov 29, 2008 | 11:35 AM
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Old Nov 29, 2008 | 11:49 AM
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if you are using a torque wrench, make sure it's in ft. lbs', not inch lbs'.. sounds silly but i've seen people use them like they are ft. lbs' torque wrenches..

and basically any loctite wiill do the trick
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Old Nov 29, 2008 | 12:12 PM
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aight
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Old Dec 4, 2008 | 03:11 PM
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Ok now this is my 3rd time my flywheel bolts came out loose againg and i used red loctite
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Old Dec 4, 2008 | 03:26 PM
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Theres something wrong here. My guess is any one of the following:
-flywheel bolts not tightened enough, they should be tightned to 76ft lbs, although generally I just tighten them.
-something is vibrating (crank, warped flywheel, etc)
-You use automatic flex plate bolts (I'm doubtful you did, but just throwing it out there just in case)
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