Flexplate/Converter question...
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St. Jude Donor '03, '06, '17
Flexplate/Converter question...
I just put the converter on top of the flexplate and the holes on the flexplate that line up with the converter are a little bigger than the bolt width (by 1/10 inch).. Is it supposed to be like that??
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From: Fairview Heights Illinois, near Saint Louis MO, STL C3 Shark
Originally Posted by markdtn
The holes in the flexplate are a bit bigger than the TC bolts. I don't know exactly how much, but the TC bolts typically have big heads, I wouldn't worry about it.
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Originally Posted by markdtn
The holes in the flexplate are a bit bigger than the TC bolts. I don't know exactly how much, but the TC bolts typically have big heads, I wouldn't worry about it.
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Originally Posted by Schmucker
I want to say they should be 15mm long, M10-1.5
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
we had no problem with putting the TC bolts through the flexplate and lining them up....so i would suspect that we had holes that were slightly larger also...funny thing was all of the flexplate bolts from the speed shop were too short for my satisfaction....they only had about 1/8 bite into the TC threaded mounts.... i purchased grade 8 bolts that used up all the "thread space" from Lowes
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Originally Posted by bobs77vet
we had no problem with putting the TC bolts through the flexplate and lining them up....so i would suspect that we had holes that were slightly larger also...funny thing was all of the flexplate bolts from the speed shop were too short for my satisfaction....they only had about 1/8 bite into the TC threaded mounts.... i purchased grade 8 bolts that used up all the "thread space" from Lowes