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Originally Posted by RICK LAKE
You are worried about your bolts in your clutch, you should see the small ones now being used in the new stuff. 8 & 10MM heads on a 1/4" -5/16's thread. ... I use the washer on my bolts and have no problem. In the old days there was a steel ring that the bolts of the flywheel went through to not gall the surface of the flywheel. I never found loose bolts on one of these motors with 20-50 thousand HARD miles. ... I believe in ARP bolts, nuts, washers, and other fasteners. I have used them on motors for more than 30+ years.
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If anything, Rick tends to fall on the "alarmist" end of the mechanic's spectrum. For him to allay our fears of the ARP bolts speaks volumes. Just periodically stick a torque wrench in the fork hole and make sure they're snug -- that's all you need to do. And if you've been running non-shouldered Grade 8 bolts without a hitch for a couple of thousand miles, I don't think you need to change them out either. Rick is great -- Rick is my hero -- I love Rick.
