j9fd3s

on the later cars they have a tabby jobber to keep the front bolt on, works way way better than locktite.

Cheers!

i just don't liek the idea of the flywheel going loose, it scares me.

Leetheslacker

fixed.

Eyxom

Yea a little weaker loctite would do you wonders, but at 300+ ft/lbs, it's going to be a bitch to get off anyways.

93 R1

If you do use it use blue.



I didn't use any. I just gave it a few extra rat tats with the impact.

mazdaspeed7

Its not nearly so dramatic. The throw out bearing keeps it from coming loose enough to slip off both shafts. But it will shake the car like all hell until you push the clutch in.

rx7_re

If its the stock one, and your spinning it at say 7k or so and it pops off, I figure the inertia of it would be enough to break whatever is in its way. Including the input shaft on the tranny. But who knows?

mazdaspeed7

It cant move far enough to slip off the ecc shaft. If your clutch is properly adjusted, there wouldnt even be 1/8" between the pressure plate fingers and the throwout bearing. And while the inertia to tear everything to pieces is there, there is considerably less side load, because the flywheel is balanced. Yes, theres the counterweight, but thats opposing the imbalance of the engine.

mazdaspeed7

FYI, in case you didnt pick up on it, I forgot to torque the flywheel nut once. And it didnt mess anything up, just shook the car like all hell. I put the clutch in, it went away. I nursed the car home using the clutch to keep light pressure on the pressure plate to keep it seated, got home, and fixed it. And it came loose at around 3k rpm.

Nan da yo!

I think some of you are missing the point that its at 300 ft/lbs. That's more than most impact guns can put out. I remember when I tried taking off my flywheel (no loctite used from the PO) It took my Dad and my 3 tries to pop it off. ****** finally pulled off after 15 minutes.



Moral of the story: You don't need the loctite. I just used anti-seize.