shn7 Posted July 3, 2004 Share Posted July 3, 2004 ..what's the best way to stop the crank turing so I can get them undone 🤔 Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevefoster Posted July 3, 2004 Share Posted July 3, 2004 Couple of wedges in the teeth of the ring gear. On mine they are M7 and not done up very tight. Hants (North) and Berkshire Area club site here My racing info site here   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Jones Posted July 3, 2004 Share Posted July 3, 2004 Windy gun for undoing Paul. See My Car Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shn7 Posted July 4, 2004 Author Share Posted July 4, 2004 Paul, Haven't got a wind machine. Maybe more baked beans required. 😬 Steve, If I have it correct they should be done up to about 80lb/ft. Have I got this correct 🤔 Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevefoster Posted July 4, 2004 Share Posted July 4, 2004 Sorry memory a bit wrong. Bigger than M7. M10 infact! For a VX XE 47lbft stage 1, 30 deg stage 2 15 deg stage 3. On a K its 63lbft On an XF its 50 to 54lbft. That is pretty tight but was fine by wedging the ring gear with 2 suitably placed screwdrivers. Didn't feel like it was going to break anything! On the K overhaul .pdf I have (do you have a K?) it shows a homemade tool with a tooth that bolts on and engauges the flywheel. If you don't have these manuals I could send them to you if you send my your email addr. Hants (North) and Berkshire Area club site here My racing info site here   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shn7 Posted July 4, 2004 Author Share Posted July 4, 2004 Steve YHM. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shn7 Posted July 4, 2004 Author Share Posted July 4, 2004 Another question just occured to me. The new flywheel botls I have been supplied by CC have a blue band on them (thread lock?). Do I use some loctite too or not? Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul McKenzie Posted July 4, 2004 Share Posted July 4, 2004 No, they're already threadlocked Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul McKenzie Posted July 4, 2004 Share Posted July 4, 2004 Quick tip before you sling the engine back in  On my very first engine out job with my new 96 VX HPC, I found when I removed the clutch cover that someone had put spacers (just ordinary sized washers)between the clutch cover and the flywheel. When I was buying new flywheel and clutch bolts at the local VX dealer I asked the head mechanic guy if this was normal for an XE, and he told me it definitely wasn't (also not in the Haynes). Since then I've had the clutch on both with and without spacers (including Smiffy's that we put back in yesterday) and I can tell you that the spacers are there for a purpose . With the spacers installed the clutch arm sits nicely in the centre of the bellhousing cutout allowing you maximum clutch adjustment and also I think allowing the clutch cable to pull from a better angle. Without the spacers you can still get the clutch to operate properly but the clutch arm is positioned too close to the engine side of the cutout and compromises the amount of adjustment which is possible. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shn7 Posted July 4, 2004 Author Share Posted July 4, 2004 But Paul mines a K and so surely none of this is relevant (apart from the no need for threadlock)? Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevefoster Posted July 4, 2004 Share Posted July 4, 2004 I have put mine back together again 2 or 3 times now each time with the spacers  Hants (North) and Berkshire Area club site here My racing info site here   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul McKenzie Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 Sorry, Steve N. , Steve F. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 Hi, I have seen a neat trick with a bent valve, if the valve is heated and bent through 90 degrees it works as a perfect restraint on the fly wheel, without the need for wedges... Anthony  Raceco can on and it looks stunning   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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