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Prop to diff bolts - reuse ?
givemethebighammer - 30/3/04 at 10:08 PM

are you supposed to use new prop to diff bolts when you fit a new prop ?

Worked out they were M10 x 1.0 x 18mm bolts. Ford are out of stock (according to my local dealer). So if my local fastener people can't supply something I'm left with the four old bolts !!!

Logic says buy some new ones, supply says use the old ones !!!

Mark Allanson - 30/3/04 at 10:20 PM

I don't think there is any problem as long as they are in good condition, clean off that blue poo they use and reapply loctite, torque up to the (?) specified torque, and drop the clutch

givemethebighammer - 30/3/04 at 10:24 PM

they're not these so called "stretch" bolts then ?

Clean off the old "blue" poo reapply new "blue" poo, torque them up and off we go then.


"Ma why's this poo blue ?"

Mark Allanson - 30/3/04 at 10:47 PM

I have never heard of them being stretch bolts, I never even used to clean them up on the 100 or so Mk2 escort clutches I changed all those year ago!

Hellfire - 30/3/04 at 11:17 PM

that blue poo is also very expensive!!!

It's vibration resistant, medium strength thread lock.

Dick Axtell - 31/3/04 at 08:43 AM

quote:
Originally posted by givemethebighammer
Worked out they were M10 x 1.0 x 18mm bolts.

Not on my ("English" axle!! These are 7/16 UNF high tensile quality bolts. And yes, I'm using new items, because the old 'uns were too crapulous to re-use.
Presumably you are using the Sierra diff??

Dick

[Edited on 31/3/04 by Dick Axtell]

Dick Axtell - 31/3/04 at 08:52 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
that blue poo is also very expensive!!!

As indicated by the price of the booze which causes that colour!!

Briefly looked at your site - saw some pics. Great progress!! So what's the deal with your rear panel?
Can see 2 apparent vertical joins where the corner curved area joins the flat panel.
How does that work? Do you recommend this solution?

Maltby - that place-name rings a bell?
TIA
Dick

Hellfire - 31/3/04 at 09:15 AM

Depends on your attention to detail. The standard one is satisfactory but is about 1" too wide for the MK Chassis. This causes an angle when fitting up to the side panels. Though this can be obscured by piping! We prefered it to fit this way - IMHO! I understand the new rear panels are being designed as we speak (MK advice). There are a couple of guys on here who have done the same, but we weren't the first! AFAIK MK9R was!

britishtrident - 31/3/04 at 09:57 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Dick Axtell
quote:
Originally posted by givemethebighammer
Worked out they were M10 x 1.0 x 18mm bolts.

Not on my ("English" axle!! These are 7/16 UNF high tensile quality bolts. And yes, I'm
snip

[Edited on 31/3/04 by Dick Axtell]


Ah an axle off a MK1
Escort MKII English axles are the same metric flange fitting as the Salsbury mini Atlas type.

Dick Axtell - 31/3/04 at 05:58 PM

quote:
Ah an axle off a MK1 Escort MKII English axles are the same metric flange fitting as the Salsbury mini Atlas type.

Mine's from a Capri, and it's a "Timken" type. Only metric threads are where the anti-tramp bars connect. Mk2 Capris were built in Deutschland, at the back end of production. The rear axle was supplied fully assembled from UK, hence the UNF threads.
Maybe these were later changed to metric?
Dick

PS - Didn't like the sound of that word "snip". It has certain connotations.

[Edited on 31/3/04 by Dick Axtell]