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California98Civic · 01-21-2019, 10:24 PM

Should I replace this bolt? My starter died and I have a good junkyard replacement (bench tested at an autoparts store). Is this bolt too far gone to hold the 32 ftlbs of torque it will need? It looks like three threads are good and clean going into the transmission bell housing. But a couple are flattened, as you can see in these low res photos. Why are a couple flattened? How does that happen?

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California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,174 Times in 1,470 Posts	Replace this bolt? Should I replace this bolt? My starter died and I have a good junkyard replacement (bench tested at an autoparts store). Is this bolt too far gone to hold the 32 ftlbs of torque it will need? It looks like three threads are good and clean going into the transmission bell housing. But a couple are flattened, as you can see in these low res photos. Why are a couple flattened? How does that happen? Attached Thumbnails __________________ See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.