[DeTomaso] Clutch Slave Bolt Sizes

[thomas]

There is one large bolt that goes through the bell housing and threads into the block, and that is a 7/16" bolt, longer than any standard 12pt ARP bolt. There are also two short M8 bolts that threads into the bell housing. 

Thomas

8 aug 2013 kl. 18:14 skrev MikeLDrew at aol.com:

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> In a message dated 8/8/13 1 49 48, garth_rodericks at yahoo.com writes:
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>> What size bolts secure the clutch slave to the bell housing?
>> 
>> There's the large bolt with the spacer that takes a 5/8" socket, but what 
>> are the other two bolts?
>> I thought they were 5/16" but they don't seem to want to thread in. 
>> Thought I'd better check with the list before wrenching them in tight and 
>> buggering up the aluminum threads on the bell housing.
>> 
>> 
> 
>>>> DOH!   The bellhousing is European.   European is metric.   On the 
> Pantera, if a bolt doesn't thread into an American thing, then it's metric.
> 
> Interestingly, Wilkinson's website lists the bolt as being 7/16.   But the 
> Ford parts book correctly lists them as being M8 x 1.25 (metric fine).
> 
> This begs the question--where are your old bolts?
> 
> Mike
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