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General Information => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: somolovitch3 on January 03, 2012, 08:24:24 am
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Well, weigh in everyone.
Tightened them up 3 mo ago, got an 1/8 to a 1/4 turn each last week. :P
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probably just the gasket settling in. see if they loosen again in another few months.
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Gaskets are from before my ownership of vehical.
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Come on guys/gals................Any thoughts?
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I would go the low strength especially in the aluminum in the ends. It shouldn't hurt. Don't go the high strength or you will probably strip the end ones on disassembly.
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Okay, so far the idea is to use blue loctite on the bolts....dry torque is 15 ft lb....Hummmm...... 7 to 10 ft lbs with the loctite.
Thanks all for the help!
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Lock-tite also makes a low strength locker that's purple. Since the pan bolts have virtually no stress on them, that might be a better choice especially on the ends. Since I usually put a ton of silicone sealant on the gasket, that has been sufficient to keep them from falling out.
On a related subject; I've had a b**ch of a time pulling the pan with the trans attached. How do you get those two bolts out from the rear seal? I replaced mine with socket heads & have to use a ball end wrench but that can't be how it's done the first time.
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Use 1/4" wobble extension, u-joint extension or flexible extension, or some combination of all 3 to take them off.
There's really no easy way to get to them with the transmission installed.
The best thing to do, I think, is to put two studs there, that way you push the oil pan on and it's not so hard to thread a nut onto the stud as it is to get a bolt started at such a ridiculous angle.
Whatever you do, don't put locktite on those (unless you're using it to install a stud). I would rather have the 2 rear bolts fall out than try to fight a stuck bolt there.