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Originally Posted by A26B
FLYWHEEL BOLTS
Cautionary advice: The LT5 crankshaft flywheel hub is blind tapped. Make sure the under head length is not too long or the bolt can "bottom out" before the full clamping force is applied to the flywheel.
Before installing the flywheel, I recommend:
1.cleaning the tapped hole out thoroughly to remove contaminants
2. install the new flywheel bolt by hand until it stops. Do not oil the threads.
3. measure the space under the bolt head/washer & crankshaft insure that the space is at minimum, 0.100" less than the flywheel thickness.
4. Use Loctite 262 or equivalent when installing the flywheel
We stock ARP flywheel bots and sell them by the set of 8. They are properly sized for the 3 different aluminum flywheels that we stock for the LT5. Offhand, I am not sure how our aluminum flywheel flange thickness compares with other brands.
You will note that hardened washers are furnished with the bolts and are recommended for aluminum flywheels.
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Jerry,
What is the depth of the bore on the threaded flange on the crankshaft hub? I had never considered the after-market flywheels but I did like the possibilities of the Strange ring gear bolts if I did consider one. Your steel SMF flywheel is how thick at the crankshaft mounting flange?