driveline · FF-0554

Why are the pressure plate bolts in this Flathead flywheel a worry?

The holes for the bolts that hold the pressure plate are not drilled through; they are blind holes threaded into the flywheel. If you break one off you cannot drill through it, so you are trapped. Ed tightened each one a little at a time to make sure none broke off.

Expert

Ed Smith

Evidence

expert attributed

Component

flywheel and pressure plate bolts

Applicable scope

1938 Ford Flathead V8, 21-stud, 221 cubic inch, as Ed describes it; the same engine as FF-0420 to FF-0431 at an earlier stage