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Old Mar 1st, 2018, 17:49   #91
Army
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Originally Posted by Ron Kwas View Post
Army;

...ahem...not to be a stickler...but I must...I would like to point out that what you've masked there is the friction surface (good!)...but I would also recommend masking the (6, plus associated) contact surfaces where Clutch Cover will be bolted to Flywheel...the point is not to have a layer of paint which might cold-flow and change /(reduce under heat and pressure) thickness and thereby promote critical fasteners to loosen causing a disaster...or worse...

Cheers
I was under the impression that the cover for the clutch was painted. That´s why I reckoned it was OK to paint that mating surface.

If I´m wrong about that I´ll break out some sand paper.
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