[DeTomaso] I *hate* it when that happens....
John Buckman
jb841 at cox.net
Fri Mar 23 14:41:46 EDT 2012
Mike,
>>Surprisingly, there is no
>>published torque spec for the pressure plate bolts anywhere in the shop manual
Surprise surprise!!
>>but a search of the internet showed
>>multiple sources consistently saying that the magic number was 35 ft/lbs,
>>lubricated.
All of those torque specs that you found are (most likely) for steel flywheels. 35 ft lbs is way too much for the 5/16-18 pressure plate bolts. Although the pressure plate bolt torque specs vary slightly among the various Ford shop manuals, 5/16-18 calls for 20-25 ft lbs, and 3/8-16 is 25-30 ft lbs (although there is one diesel application that calls for 3/8-16 @ 29-37 ft lbs).
John
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