New Zealand Datsun Club

exactly what happened to me, did a bit rev in 1st then changed to 2nd and knock knock knock kncok knock and i thought FARK i killed it, towed it home, next day pulled starter off and flywheel was loose as a goose, took box out, locktite the bolts back in and she sweet as

yep thats what happend to me, exept I pulled the motor and stripped the crank from the block with the flywheel attatched, it took days before we realised the flywheel was loose, starter out is a great idea.

do you folks loctite your flywheel bolts??
i do and have never had any issues with loose flywheel bolts.

I have never loctite'd them after the a**hole of a job we had on a CA with snapping them while trying to remove them after being loctited in. Although Ive never touched the clutch/flywheel since I bought the motor so it is probably a loose flywheel. Ive never ever heard of an Lseries spinning bearings or anything, even the crank and bearings out of my 200,000km+ L18 was still like brand new

mint16 wrote:do you folks loctite your flywheel bolts??
i do and have never had any issues with loose flywheel bolts.

I do with the a series motors. The pcd is too small, and the bolts don't have a snug fitting plain with dowels the flywheel onto them.

matt, some people may go overboard with the loctite, and youve witnessed the result of that, and i dont envy what you had to deal with.
only a small line down the threads is enough to secure the bolts.

1st then changed to 2nd and knock knock knock kncok knock and i thought FARK i killed it, towed it home,


thts wat happend ... i was gutterd i hav a motor lined up tho... $700 l20b stock standerd aparnt low ks and freash rebuild ..

i havnt even looked at my 910 or the l18 since ... to sad....

yea i had a flywheel cum loose 2 knockd like botm end

it bent my crank