FUGLYONE Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Hi all I am converting a B60 from wet sump to dry sump to use in my ferret . The wet sump engine had a REME rebuild in 1991 and was crated . It all appears as new, and has its engine record in the tube. I am using the fluid flywheel off the old (ferret) engine. The dry sump/oil pump etc has been converted, and I have started bolting things on. I have put new bearings and seal in the flywheel , and when preparing to install noticed the bolts that hold the flywheel casing to the end of the (piggy) crankshaft have not been drilled for a split pin. I had a close look just on cases the previous person had just wound the nuts off, leaving the cut pieces of split pin in the hole. The old engine used split pins , but the piggy engine had none? I will have a better look in the daylight , but is it possible that by 1991 they were using thread lock instead of split pins? Or did it have a locking plate ? Any advice please gratefully received. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grego Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 I know I'm late in replaying but I would drill each stud and add split pins instead of any thread locker. I say this only because these studs and nuts are submerged in the flywheel fluid. I use ISO15, and some people have used 30 weight ATF. ATF is a detergent and would defiantly degrade the tread locker in my opinion. Keeping with a mechanical lock (split pins) would not degrade in any oil. I believe you're talking about these bolts: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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