Bolts and Nuts
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- Always loosen or tighten bolts and nuts on covers and housings diagonally.
- Especially delicate components, such as clutch pressure plates, must not be distorted. Loosen and tighten bolts and nuts in stages in a diagonal sequence.
- The tightening specifications given apply to unoiled bolts and nuts.
- Replace self-locking bolts and nuts after removing them.
- Make sure the contact surfaces and visible surfaces on the nuts and bolts are waxed after assembling.
- Use a thread cutter to clean all threaded holes containing self-locking bolts to remove any locking compound residue. Otherwise the bolts could shear the next time they are removed.
- Please make sure that the thread pitch is correct so that the proper thread cutter is used during cleaning, and the thread does not get damaged.