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[smartie93]

As above does anyone know what type of bolt they are. I've lost all my original ones so I can't find out

I'm on about the ones that hold it to the flywheel by the way

Edited by smartie93, 06 March 2013 - 04:13 PM.

[Barman]

Does this help...?

[smartie93]

I've already had a look at it, they're part 25, not a lot of info unfortunately :/

I need to know the thread type, size etc so i can buy longer ones for my flywheel puller

[Guess-Works.com]

They are 5/16 UNF.

Depending upon the puller you'll need to get some about 3 to 4 inches long, and use a big flat thick washer under the head on the puller...

I actually use cap head screws

[smartie93]

Thanks a lot :)

[Dan]

Umm, if you've lost them and need to use a puller does this mean you have removed all the bolts from the torque converter while it's fitted to the car?

[smartie93]

Umm no, what gave you that idea? haha

I removed the bolts just before we moved house, so they're probably in a box somewhere. The engine's been sitting in my garage for 10 months, so i decided It's better in bits than to just end up as one seized lump. the crank is useful to me as well :)

<< That engine in my photo is the auto

Edited by smartie93, 06 March 2013 - 11:20 PM.

[MRA]

if you removed all 6 bolts then you have a 99.99% certainty of destroying your convertor, there are stator plates, shims and seals that these bolts hold in place and they always move.

Edited by mra-minis.co.uk, 07 March 2013 - 12:30 AM.
missed off the impoertant part :-(

[smartie93]

if you removed all 6 bolts then you have a 99.99% certainty of destroying your convertor, there are stator plates, shims and seals that these bolts hold in place and they always move.

So whenever you remove a torque conveter you destroy it?

[Guess-Works.com]

to remove a torque converter, you only need remove 3 of the 6 bolts holding the converter together.

[smartie93]

Ahh okay, oh well, it wasn't going to run again anyway.

Which three should I have undone?

[Guess-Works.com]

any three, which are not adjacent to each other..

[smartie93]

so the bolts just hold the converter together, you take three out for the puller, and the converter is held on by a taper?

[Guess-Works.com]

yup, same as the flywheel on a manual, as they both fit on the same crank.

Edited by Guess-Works.com, 07 March 2013 - 01:58 PM.

[smartie93]

Thanks for the explaination :)