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Mail From: "Brian Goodwin" <(email redacted)>



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> From: Ray Ayala <(email redacted)>
> To: Bill Cardell <(email redacted)>; Paul Chan <(email redacted)>
> Cc: (email redacted); (email redacted)
> Subject: Re: URGENT: DA Flywheel problem...
> Date: Thursday, January 14, 1999 8:20 AM
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> At 05:05 AM 1/14/99 -0700, Bill Cardell wrote:
> >
> >Looks like our flywheel guys may have screwed up. I would suspect that
> >they used 8x1.25mm tap instead of 8x1.00, which is standard Mazda.

Speaking of bolt size and pitch. Does anyone know for sure if the sway bar
D-bracket bolts are 8mm with a pitch of 1.00? My threads are so worn from
changing the bars numerous times that they nolonger hold the bolts well and
I was planning on chasing them out to the next size up with the same pitch
before they strip out.

Thanks, Brian Goodwin



This
> >happened with our last flywheel manufacturer, surprised to see it happen
> >again, as these people have made at least 50 that were correct...sorry
> >for the confusion.
>
> If we're talking about an aluminum flywheel here, I would expect to see
> threads that are more course that those appropriate for iron. Aluminum
> just doesn't have as much shear strength. I bet some supervisor at the
> factory, that hadn't seen the purchase order, saw a worker using the
> 'correct' tap and told them to switch to the courser one. - Ray