[TR] flywheel bolts to reuse or renew

[dave]

If you are paranoid, and there is probably good reason for that, Richard
Goode has a really nice flywheel shrapnel protector in his TR6 racecar.
Worth a look.  Of course, from what I understand, he's running around 12 to
1 compression and revs it way higher than most people.

I don't think he sells it, though.

-----Original Message-----
From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jeff
Scarbrough
Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2017 7:02 AM
Cc: Triumphs <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] flywheel bolts to reuse or renew

>
> I would not re-use old flywheel bolts.  I enjoy having my right leg 
> functional.

In the last 45 years, I have removed and replaced hundreds of flywheels, and
never replaced a single bolt.  Never knew of one to fail.

Having said that, I did put new ones in my TR6 last year.  A set of four ARP
bolts was pretty cheap - $20 or $25?.  More a matter of not wanting to take
that damned transmission tunnel out again if anything went wrong, than fear
for my body parts.  Even if the bolts fail, the input shaft should retain
the flywheel.

Having said that, I have seen /one/ flywheel explode on a street car.
a 1979 VW Rabbit, low miles and driven by a new driver.  She said she was
trying to crank it after going through the car wash.  I didn't believe her
story, and I don't know how VW resolved it.  To me it looked like a flawed
part that was over-reved.  The pieces - and there were a lot of them - broke
the bell housing, but did not come through the firewall.

Jeff Scarbrough
Corrosion Acres, Ga.

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