Finally starting my 5.3 swap!!

[BR3W CITY]

Originally Posted by ivorton74

I just tightened em like u tighten a regular bolt...didn't know there is a method to tighten flywheel bolts lol...man that's gonna suck having to take the dang tranny out again...oh well...its a learning process

lol, I don't mean the "lefty loosey", I mean the order in which the bolts were done. (4l80e's use more flywheel bolts so the process is longer). When you do a rim/tire, you do the "across" or "star" tightening pattern. When you do head bolts, you torque them in pattern...same goes for the flywheel.

Usually, you tighen a bolt, spin the whole mass 180* and tighten the next bolt. Keep going around 180* at a time, until all of them are spec'd. This makes sure the flywheel stays true all the way around, and doesn't get flexed too much to one side.