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Trans Bolt Hell!

Baconaire

By Baconaire
in 986 Series (Boxster, Boxster S)

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Just to update. I ground off that 12pt bolt, and wouldn't you know it, there was a bolt on the BACK of the bell housing. luckily I noticed it before going completely nuts. I don't know if its normal but on my 98 986, holding the bell housing to the engine are:

5 12M bolt of differing lengths .50 pitch

1 10M triple squal satanic bolt

1 stud facing the front of the car, with a nut on the other side of the bell, on the bottom

My crank side was nice an clean. RMS was recessed but clean. No aparaent leak. But the bell side was caked with greasy, dusty gunk. I used a lot of break cleaner and elbow grease to clean it up. My clutch was indeed down to the rivets so I replaced the Flywheel,clutch disc, throwout plate, throw out bearing, release level and little parts. All of that was very easy. Replaced the tranny lube since it was easy with the trans out.

Now my only problem is that when removing and torquing the flywheel, I turned the crank. So getting the bell housing back on is hard and I ran out of time. So I have bought some long M12 bolts, cutoff the heads and will use them as studs to hopefully quide the bell back on. Fingers crossed. I assume turning the crank should have no adverse effects?????

Edited by Baconaire

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