Jim Saraceno Posted May 21, 2010 Report Posted May 21, 2010 egular bolts won't work on the 230 flywheel face, as there is a ridge machined into the flywheel that the "D" shaped bolt heads sit against. A regular bolt head will not seat flat against the face of the flywheel. Apparently some do and some don't. I have one crank with that ridge that needs the "D" head bolt and one that doesn't which I used regular bolts. Quote
blueskies Posted May 21, 2010 Report Posted May 21, 2010 Apparently some do and some don't. I have one crank with that ridge that needs the "D" head bolt and one that doesn't which I used regular bolts. Jim- I'm talking about the 230 setup, the bolts go in from the clutch side, and the bolt heads fit into a machined recess in the face of the flywheel... Has nothing to do with the crank. Pete Quote
Jim Saraceno Posted May 21, 2010 Report Posted May 21, 2010 Jim- I'm talking about the 230 setup, the bolts go in from the clutch side, and the bolt heads fit into a machined recess in the face of the flywheel... Has nothing to do with the crank. Okay Pete, now I'm confused. Are we talking about the bolts that hold the flywheel to the crank or holds the clutch to the flywheel. I have two 230 engines. One from a '55 and one from a '57. One crank has a flange on it that demands you use a "D" head bolt with the head on the engine side. The other doesn't so I suppose you could put the head on either side. Are you saying that some flywheels come with a flange that demands you put the "D" head on the clutch side? Maybe the reason one of my cranks does not have that flange is it was originally mated with a flywheel that did have that flange????? I wonder if it makes any difference that the engine in my car has no flange on the crank or the flywheel. Quote
greg g Posted May 21, 2010 Report Posted May 21, 2010 (edited) my 56 has the set up Pete is speaking of albeit with 6 bolts instead of 4 or 8. The bolts attach only the flywheel to the crank. The "D" headed bolt fits against a ridge to keep it from turing when you tighten the nut which goes on from the engine side. Really no way to get a torque wrench in there, so I tightened them as tight as I could by hand then gave each one three smacks with the two pound hammer applied to the wrench. Jim as long and as far as you have driven your car with your set up, I wouldn't be losing any sleep over it. Edited May 21, 2010 by greg g Quote
blueskies Posted May 21, 2010 Report Posted May 21, 2010 Okay Pete, now I'm confused. Are we talking about the bolts that hold the flywheel to the crank or holds the clutch to the flywheel. Flywheel to crank. I think there are a hundred different variations on these parts, so whatever works should get you down the road. Maybe Michael should just weld the flywheel to the crank and be done with it . My 230 flywheel has a recess on the clutch side, that the "d" bolt heads sit into, so that they cannot turn when the nuts are installed on the engine/crank side. I don't have any pictures of this stuff in my library, unfortunately... Pete Quote
michael.warshaw Posted May 22, 2010 Author Report Posted May 22, 2010 how many people do you think do the 230 converson? then how many ad od tranny's, can someone make a poll on that i dont know how too? Quote
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