<VV> Sealing the flexplate bolts

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I am a big proponent of Mercury/Mercruiser ,"Sealer 1000". I have never used it on a Corvair , but , I have used it on so many other things , that I am sure it would work well.................. 
Might be worth serious consideration , ..... Bob 
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From: jvhroberts at aol.com 
To: patiomatt at aol.com, bryan at skiblack.com 
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Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 2:52:03 PM 
Subject: Re: <VV> Sealing the flexplate bolts 


I might caution against this stuff, because it's full of Teflon. As such, it will actually reduce any thread locking ability. I've had experiences with other mechanical assemblies where the threads of a power transmitting assembly were sealed with a Teflon sealant, and we couldn't get the bolts to stay tight! If it were me, coating the mating faces of the flex plate and the undersides of the bolt heads with gasket sealer would do an admirable job. That's what we did! Leave the threads alone, as any sealant I can think of will cause torquing inaccuracies, etc. 



John Roberts 




-----Original Message----- 
From: Matt Nall <patiomatt at aol.com> 
To: bryan at skiblack.com 
Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org 
Sent: Sun, Jan 30, 2011 2:36 pm 
Subject: Re: <VV> Sealing the flexplate bolts 


http://www.amazon.com/Loctite-Thread-Sealant-Stick-Performance/dp/B0015PJCHG 





Matt Nall 

Charleston, Oregon 

http://mysite.ncnetwork.net/reswr0kp/ 











-----Original Message----- 

From: Bryan Blackwell <bryan at skiblack.com> 

To: Matt Nall <patiomatt at aol.com> 

Cc: virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> 

Sent: Sun, Jan 30, 2011 5:06 am 

Subject: Re: <VV> Sealing the flexplate bolts 





Hi Matt, 



Are you talking about the stuff they sell to use in place of teflon tape? I've 

used that on pipe fittings on engines, it works quite well. I have to swap on a 



flywheel soon, I was going to ask the same question. 



--Bryan 



On Jan 29, 2011, at 6:37 PM, Matt Nall wrote: 



> 1 Locktite thread sealer on the bolt's threads only... 









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