Tightening and torquing the output shafts on a 901.

I guess I'm a bit worried about over torquing the bolts that hold on the output shaft.

After stripping one of the flange holes I'm worried that I could be doing something wrong and stripping this bolt would mean tearing the transmission down.

Once bit I guess.

For some reason they just keep on tightening and won't move (using the old type torque wrench with a movable lb indicator) up to 60lbs.

So is there any way that something could be wrong with such a simple installation.

I understand the torque setting to be 60ft lbs

Thanks.

Are you speaking of the *stretch bolts* in the center of the output flanges? If so, you'd better stop twisting and find out what the torque is supposed to be. I can't recall & I've sold all my technical manuals to MikeK.

Woo, did I get some bad information.

The Hayes manual says 25-29 lb f ft

Umm....maybe I should change those bolts that I stretched to 50 lb f ft?

Signs point to YES

Them bolts probably wouldn't give you any trouble......untill the worst possible time you can imagine.

Who sells them?

Like around a high speed corner in a hill climb - you lose power to one side and take a real ride....

Now I'm going to change them for sure!

Brit has a bunch of them from my old trans spares stash, IIRC.

Thanks JP, I got a set from Britain.

Just a heads up.

If you are going to bigger 944 turbo CV's then you need longer bolts, like 55mm.

As Tom Amon said, make sure the bolts come out at least 5-8mm on the inside. That way you are sure that you are engaging all the thread in the flanges, otherwise you will be very disappointed.