I installed my PI vigilante 3600 stall yesterday. Ran into a couple problems but everything turned out fine, until i looked everything over. The bolts that mount the flex plate to the torque converter were too big. The bolts were tight but there was about 1/4 inch gap between the converter and the Flex plate. Are the thread lengths or dimensions different between converters?
I used shorter bolts of the same thread and everything and it runs great. Just curious if there is difference in sizing at all.
By the way its a 2001 Camaro z28 A4
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08-13-2009, 01:36 PM #1Newbie
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torque converter install question
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08-13-2009, 01:38 PM #2RTCTTFMF
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did you shim the convertor pads correctly?
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08-13-2009, 02:26 PM #3"Pil Seung"
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08-13-2009, 04:02 PM #4Senior Member..now yer posting!
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usually you want about 1/8th inch gap. so when you tighten the 3 converter bolts down it pulls the converter out 1/8th of an inch away from the trans. Thats one of the crucial parts to a converter install. You really need to measure that gap and shim accordingly.
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08-13-2009, 04:23 PM #5Ol' School
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Is this a aftermarket (read TCI) or stock flexplate?
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08-14-2009, 10:15 PM #6Newbie
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It is the stock flex plate. There was about an 1/8th inch gap between the flex plate and torque converter. When i put in the shorter bolts it pulled it all the way to the flex plate. Is that a bad thing? Is there any signs when driving that it would be off?
2001 Camaro Z28
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