Question about essentric shaft bolt lock
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Question about essentric shaft bolt lock
Hey guys, have a question for you all about the essentric shaft bolt which connects from the front engine pulley. I remember seeing somewhere on this forum a locking plate for an FC that fits over the top of the essentric shaft bolt that actually holds the bolt in place on top of the drive pulley. What I was wondering was was if that locking plate came standard for FDs. I had some problems in the past where my essentric shaft bolt was not torqued on enough and I had to break into the front of the car and torque the bolt down with a heavy duty torque wrench (torqued to 195 lb-ft). I don't have that locking plate on the front of my drive pulley and was wondering if this was a stock part that came with the FD. I can't find the post that had the plate for the life of me, so sorry I can't post a pic of the locking plate, but do any of you guys know if that locking plate came standard on the FDs or were the bolts just torqued on to spec?
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The eccentric shaft bolt should have been torqued on during engine assembly. This would have been done with a stop bar bolted to the fly wheel.
To do this with the engine in the car, put the car in gear, set the brake or better yet, have a friend step on the brakes and torque away.
To do this with the engine in the car, put the car in gear, set the brake or better yet, have a friend step on the brakes and torque away.
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To answer your question ..No the stopper is not standard equipment on the FD. I have one on my engine. however i believe that XS put it on when they did their thing a long time ago.
It can't hurt to have it on since all that is required to install is pull off 2 bolts on the pulley and install the brace/stopper. Pretty straight forward. But if the bolt was torqued properly on assembly it should not be a problem.
It can't hurt to have it on since all that is required to install is pull off 2 bolts on the pulley and install the brace/stopper. Pretty straight forward. But if the bolt was torqued properly on assembly it should not be a problem.
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Originally Posted by jfxp
Its suppossed to be torqued between 290-360 ib-ft according to the manual... gonna need a bigger torque wrench, or calculate the length of a braker bar and your weight... have fun
you sure it's 290 to 360? The copy of the shop manual I have says 180 to 200 lb-ft.
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Originally Posted by Trexthe3rd
The eccentric shaft bolt should have been torqued on during engine assembly. This would have been done with a stop bar bolted to the fly wheel.
To do this with the engine in the car, put the car in gear, set the brake or better yet, have a friend step on the brakes and torque away.
To do this with the engine in the car, put the car in gear, set the brake or better yet, have a friend step on the brakes and torque away.
yeah, the first time I found the problem I took it to a shop and they put it back in, but did not dead stop the rotation of the engine when they were putting it back on, so the bolt backed out, then I basically did it myself: put the car in 5th, then had someone step on the brake and toqued it to 195lb-ft.
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yeah, I think it is supposed to be 180-200lb-ft, just checked a couple of different install manuals for pulley installs and they all say 180 to 200 and just double checked the shop manual and it says 180-200 as well.
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Seems a lot of the 89-95 engines have the plate, but most do not. From what I can tell a lot of remans came with it. I've never noticed a rhyme or reason to it, really.
With the torque on that thing (my 600ft-lb gun usually has trouble with them) plus the loctite on the threads, you really dont need it.
With the torque on that thing (my 600ft-lb gun usually has trouble with them) plus the loctite on the threads, you really dont need it.
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