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T56 Magnum XL

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Fabman

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Thank you, the Magnum is supposed to be here Wednesday and I do not want to be chasing parts. I will use the ARP torque specs this time. The bolts received didn't have instructions so I used the factory service manual in March.
your flywheel should have come with instructions, but I believe its just stock values.
 

Fabman

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Lemme put it this way, I re used mine, blue locktited them in with stock torque values as per Shaun at AED and so far nothing has flown off at regular blasts to 8200+ RPM. I think we're good to go on that.
 

Fabman

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Oddly, they take no washers at all, which I found unusual, but verified and that's accurate. No washers.
 
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The ARP flywheel bolts came with the Mantic clutch kit. Assembly lube was not included. It said to use factory torque values on the flywheel bolts so I did. I was looking at ARP's site trying to figure out if I should reuse them or not and came across the instructions in previous post. 70 ft/lbs seems like a lot more than the factor spec of 177 in/lbs and 60 degrees. Fabman what did you tighten yours to?
 

Dave_W

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It's the extra 60 degrees that generates a good amount of the torque and bolt stretch. To generate a clamping load, you actually want the bolt to stretch, but only in the "elastic deformation" range - when you remove the bolt (and thus the stress on it) it should return to it's original length. If you overtorque a bolt it can go into "plastic deformation" where it is permanently stretched.

If you're worried you stretched the ARP bolts from the previous install, you can measure their length with a micrometer and compare to ARP spec for overall (OA) length (if it's not on their web site, give them a call).

Item 3 in the ARP instructions is important.

You can get ARP assembly lube from Summit, Jegs, Speedway, etc.
 

Fabman

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Fabman

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Thanks, I wasn't sure if Shawn had you do something different from the ARP instructions.
The first time around I asked him and he said no washers, just torque 'em and go, so we used the ford values and locktite.
The second time around I think we looked up the directions from ARP and did it that way....either way worked fine.
 

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