[Spridgets] ARP Flywheel bolt application

[Ron Soave]

Actually just looked - the ARP bolts specify Loctite 242 on threads and their goop under the head as well, very specific instructions.

Ron Soave

> On Jan 16, 2020, at 5:39 PM, Ron Soave <soavero at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Personally, I use ARP bolts with their goop. Only had a problem that one time I didn’t...
> 
> Ron Soave
> 
>> On Jan 16, 2020, at 4:11 PM, crusaderchuck55--- via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On the 79 GP Championship winning car and all of Randy Canfelds race motors we used grade 8 bolts and red Locktite.
>> Never had a failure.  We also used loctite on the pressure plate bolts.
>> Chuck
>> Getting closer & closer to making the Midget a complete car...
>> 
>> 
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>> ------ Original message------
>> From: Mark Haynes via Spridgets
>> Date: Thu, Jan 16, 2020 4:32 PM
>> To: Spridgets list;
>> Cc:
>> Subject:[Spridgets] ARP Flywheel bolt application
>> 
>> A question for the generalists and the racers:
>> If you were to put ARP flywheel bolts onto your engine, and given that they supply their own "special sauce" to put onto the bolts to achieve specified torque values, and that all of your previous experience with flywheel bolts was to apply Loctite to them.
>> Would You:
>> A) Use the Special Sauce only
>> B) Use Loctite
>> or C) use Special sauce (just enough) and then use Loctite between the head of the bolts and the flywheel face?
>> What do Racers Do?
>> What would you do?
>> Enquiring Minds and all of that...;??}
>> Mark Haynes
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