Extra bolt after clutch install??
 

Well I feel like an idiot, just installed a new clutch in my 99 Tib and have a bolt left over I can't find a home for, been over all the bell housing bolts and mount bolts and unless I'm overlooking one, It's an M8 bolt appears to be coarse threaded, about 60 mm long and has a washer and a lock washer on it. The only thing that seems different on this bolt is every other one I see on the car has a "7" on the head and this one has a "10", making me think its a higher quality bolt, and probably from somewhere important. I hope someone remembers this one. lol.

Thanks, Chad

New bolt or old one?

If it's new, it might be extra. If it's old, I would open things back up. It's probably important.

It's old, I'm sure its from the tib cause of the "10" stamped in the top I've never seen another bolt with a number stamped into it like that. I've driven it without it, albeit cautiously and everything seems to be ok, I plan on finding where it goes just gotta figure that part out, every other bolt I find that I know I removed is stamped "7" mounts, bell housing, everything so I've been trying to figure out why this one is "10" whether it is for a different thing or if its the bolt grade (metric bolts are like 10.9 no 5 or 8 like standard right?) or what. I looked for a good two hours last night before I said screw it I wanna try out my new clutch. Any hard to see bolts that big? I did the clutch install a few hours a night over three days so I'm about shot on remembering it.

A picture would help. It could be anything...

Transmission mount, roll stop mount, sub-frame bolt.... I need to see a picture to tell you where it goes. I have torn my transmission apart several times I know most of the bolts well. I cannot think in millimeters nor hardness, nor thread. I just need to see it.

There's 6 12pt and I think about 12 small bolts on the clutch and flywheel. So I don't think you messed up too badly. It should be accessible from the outside.

Getting pictures for you right now, don't know how good they will be my camera is with my wife but I have an older one I'm using.

Here are the pics for the bolt, I don't think its a roll stop bolt because I don't believe I removed them, I think I left them with the trans because I left the support bar attached to the transmission when I dropped it.

Bolt Pics at my Photobucket

Looks like a tranny bolt. There's 6 total going through the bellhousing.

1 behind the front motor mount.
2 at the very top.
2 holding the starter in.
1 in front of the rear mount.

In and torqued thanks for that I feel freaking retarded now it was the bell housing bolt above the passenger side axle I went over them all like ten times and missed it every time. oops.gif

Glad you got it figured out. smile.gif