No need to remove the rear plate to do a clutch job!
Also, did you get good bolts (i.e. from a Spit parts vendor),
or did you just get whatever your local hardware sold?
Generally, I do not see a real need to replace all these bolts
(assuming they are not corroded or damaged). They are
unlikely to be worn out from repeated removal and reassembly, and
the oils leaks usually ensure that they are not corroded. :-)
Replacing the lockwashers is not such a bad idea, though.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 12:57 PM 3/10/2003 -0500, D T Gebhard wrote:
>Spitlisters,
> In following the advice from you guys, I looked up for what Nolan Perry
>called a pilot bearing in my Haynes manual. Flipping through the pages I saw
>on page 48 fig.16.11a things called bolts that hold the engine plate to the
>engine...I'm here to tell EVERYONE that I don't recall putting these back
>in. I say that because when my friend Duke helped lift the tranny back in
>the engine plate fell off the studs on top the engine. I didn't think
>anything about it because I figured the bell housing bolts would snug it all
>together. This is what I get for thinking!!!!!!! Now it's back to taking it
>all back apart to put in these bolts. It didn't bother me that I had extra
>bolts because I had purchased new for the bell house and starter. I'll post
>my outcome.
> Remember...practice makes perfect!!!!!!! Besides I don't have anything
>else better to do!!!!!
> Dave Gebhard
> "Owner of the Do and Redo Garage"
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