620 John
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I'm getting ready to put the flywheel back on my late model JD B and I have a couple questions:
1. The first flywheel had a crack in it (the bolts were really tight). I cleaned up the splines to the crankshaft and new flywheel. WITHOUT tightening the bolts I can move the flywheel back and forth (pushing and pulling parallel with the crankshaft) about a 1/16" measuring at the ring gear. Does this seem like too much wear?
2. I plan on using new grade 5 5/8x4" bolts and the ones I got from Ace Hardware are hex bolts and not square headed like the original ones. The nuts are not like the original oversized shoulder ones either. The old ones use a 1-1/16" socket and the new ones use a 15/16" socket. I'll be using lock washers under these, but is this going to be a problem?
1. The first flywheel had a crack in it (the bolts were really tight). I cleaned up the splines to the crankshaft and new flywheel. WITHOUT tightening the bolts I can move the flywheel back and forth (pushing and pulling parallel with the crankshaft) about a 1/16" measuring at the ring gear. Does this seem like too much wear?
2. I plan on using new grade 5 5/8x4" bolts and the ones I got from Ace Hardware are hex bolts and not square headed like the original ones. The nuts are not like the original oversized shoulder ones either. The old ones use a 1-1/16" socket and the new ones use a 15/16" socket. I'll be using lock washers under these, but is this going to be a problem?