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Do you need to torque transmission pan bolts?
Setting the pan bolts to 12 foot-pounds of torque is only recommended after the pan is properly inspected and repaired.
Will tightening oil pan bolts Stop leak?
Tightening wouldn’t do any good, as tightening the bolts any tighter could result in warping the oil pan, or you could over tighten the bolts and it would be hard to try to remove them the next time you had to remove the oil pan.
Why does my transmission pan keeps leaking?
The most common source of a transmission leak due to faulty installation is from the transmission pan. The pan is not mounted correctly or incorrect bolts are used to secure it. Something as simple as these bolts will make transmission fluid leak from the pan. Hopefully, the bolts just need to be tightened.
How tight should oil pan bolts be?
cruiser88. 151fab said: Place your pinky finger 3.25 inches down the wrench from the bolt and pull until the three remaining fingers on that hand are no longer able to function normally. This is the approximate torque for a oil pan bolt.
What happens if you over torque transmission pan bolts?
Over tightening the bolts can easily damage the pan of a transmission. The flange of the transmission pan should be flat and have no bulges. Over tightening the pan bolts causes the flange to distort. Inspect the pan and make sure the flange is flat.
What are the torque specs for the transmission pan?
7 to 9 ft-lbs…..not much at all. DON’T over torque or you’ll screw up the pan gasket. Take your time, as it does require a bit of dexterity to hold the pan up, keep the gasket in place and tighten 21 bolts at the same time.
What are the torque specs for transmission pan?
How big should torque be on transmission pans?
Be nice to the bolts and take your time to hand tighten them slowly. It is very easy to cross thread them as I did when I dropped the pan. Coming to torque is should be very less something in the order of 10-15 ft pds. Through the years I’ve dropped a few transmission pans.
What kind of material is a transmission pan made of?
The gasket material is cork, with little steel studs on each side of each bolt hole, probably to prevent local crushing of the gasket. I started each bolt, ran them down snug, and then did a final criss-cross tightening, starting toward the center of the pan, just like a head.
What kind of bolts are in Aero transmission pan?
I dropped the pan on the Aero last year. Their were eighteen small bolts holding it. The gasket material is cork, with little steel studs on each side of each bolt hole, probably to prevent local crushing of the gasket.