knoles Donating Members 390 Member For: 14y 16d Gender: Male Location: Port Hedland Posted 03/10/12 10:18 PM Share Posted 03/10/12 10:18 PM Hi guys As per the title my flex plate on bf f6 came loose yesterday. So we pulled the box out there seems to be no damage. Will I be able to get away with just replacing the bolts or have people had problems just doing this? The ford dealer says they replace the shim behind it but we don't have a new one and I'm sorta short on time. (was traveling home from holidays so very far from home and supposed to be back for work on Monday). Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 10m 1d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 03/10/12 10:20 PM Share Posted 03/10/12 10:20 PM (edited) As long as the six bolt holes are still perfict " round wise " bang new bolts in and crank em up and ull be no worries Edited 03/10/12 10:22 PM by JETSNOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoles Donating Members 390 Member For: 14y 16d Gender: Male Location: Port Hedland Posted 03/10/12 10:30 PM Author Share Posted 03/10/12 10:30 PM What torque do you do em up to? Or is it FT with thread locker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 10m 1d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 03/10/12 10:32 PM Share Posted 03/10/12 10:32 PM FT to the max with liquid loctite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjet Skid Machine Donating Members 1,640 Member For: 13y 10m 8d Gender: Male Posted 03/10/12 10:34 PM Share Posted 03/10/12 10:34 PM Or tack weld them on for extra safety. Locktite should do though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 10m 5d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 03/10/12 10:36 PM Share Posted 03/10/12 10:36 PM you need a new flywheel and preferably a heavy duty item or modifed new one to be stronger otherwise it will most likely happen again, obviously new bolts will also be required Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEXXED Banned Banned 910 Member For: 12y 8m 12d Gender: Male Posted 03/10/12 11:20 PM Share Posted 03/10/12 11:20 PM Are flywheel bolts TTY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoles Donating Members 390 Member For: 14y 16d Gender: Male Location: Port Hedland Posted 04/10/12 04:26 AM Author Share Posted 04/10/12 04:26 AM (edited) Dunno if the bolts are tty but got replaced because they where FUBAR. I'll try my luck with the original flex plate this time. Once I'm back home it's not that much of an issue to replace with a substantial item. Atomic ones are the way to go are they?Just for people's knowledge the symptoms where a rapid onset (literally less than a few kms between hearing a "new noise" and developing to a point which I wasn't going to drive any further) of a horrible metal rattling noise kinda like a loose exhaust shield or dislodged cat which reverberated throughout the engine bay. Which didn't change when in neutral drive and reverse if it was under 1050rpm. Once past that noise disappeared. Edited 04/10/12 04:36 AM by knoles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR6menace BANNED Banned 1,462 Member For: 17y 11m 4d Gender: Not Telling Location: banned Posted 04/10/12 04:37 AM Share Posted 04/10/12 04:37 AM New flywheel is NOT required.. ford dont use locktite from factory I found this out free revving my motor to 7000 years ago !!I even reused my old bolts with locktite and guess what ?120000kms later and after 100 dyno runs and 150+ drag races it is fine.....Save your money , buy some news grade 8 bolts for insurance and make sure to use loktite...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 18y 1m 25d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 04/10/12 04:38 AM Share Posted 04/10/12 04:38 AM You reckon its any different with the torque of a tuned turbo motor Daz? Not taking the piss... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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