http://calivw78.com/2008/09/16/repairing-the-vw-bus-flex-plate Encounters with a VW bus Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:24:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://calivw78.com/2008/09/16/repairing-the-vw-bus-flex-plate/comment-page-1#comment-177 Troy Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:42:10 +0000 http://calivw78.com/?p=146#comment-177 The surveys are in! Most opted for blue loctite, but all agreed that something should be used. I went with red loctite on the bolts from the flex plate to the crank, and will use blue loctite from the flex plate to the torque converter. The thought here is that I could possibly perform maintenance on the bolts going to the torque converter, so I want to be able to get them out a little easier. The bolts going to the crank though, I'll have to drop the engine anyway to get to them, so it's going to be a chore anyways. Why not make sure they don't back out. The surveys are in! Most opted for blue loctite, but all agreed that something should be used. I went with red loctite on the bolts from the flex plate to the crank, and will use blue loctite from the flex plate to the torque converter. The thought here is that I could possibly perform maintenance on the bolts going to the torque converter, so I want to be able to get them out a little easier. The bolts going to the crank though, I’ll have to drop the engine anyway to get to them, so it’s going to be a chore anyways. Why not make sure they don’t back out.

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