In this picture is there a bolt to hold this in or is it sandwiched between the 2 half's? What size is the bolt, how long & does it have a washer? Should I use lock tight on it?
The bolt goes through where the centre cam bearing is... it's about 90mm long and it's fitted with a copper washer!! I can double check the bolt length if you want?
The bolt is after... The pick-up is installed before you put the halves together... you have to mind that the pick-up doesn't get hooked up/twisted when you're assembling it all!!
Top man, Its together now but the pick up has a slight wobble, is this correct, I've torqued the big bolts to 25ft/lb & the 13mm ones to 14ft/lb, the long bolt that goes through the pick up I've only nipped up is it only supposed to be 9ft/lb or is that the nut that holds the strainer on their talking about? :-[
no, that's 14ft/lb as well... the nut for the strainer plate is poss 9ft/lb, would need to double check
Don't over-tighten it - the pick-up is supposed to be loose allowing the plate under to settle in the right place. Over-tighten and you can crack the case.
The sump plate. It's not uncommon for folk to overtighten it trying to stop leaks, it pulls on the case bolt it hangs off which in turn snaps a chunk off the case causing an oil leak. There is a fix I've read about, but I'll wait until someone actually does it. lol
