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It has been many years since I’ve dealt with those bolts, but I do not recall them being left-handed thread. There is no logical reason why they would be designed in that matter.

As a side-note on this topic, I took the advice of other owners, and did not reinstall those two bolts. This will allow future removal of just the ZF instead of also having to remove starter, clutch linkage, etc. I did this probably 15 years ago and there have been zero issues.

Larry

@lf-tp2511 posted:

It has been many years since I’ve dealt with those bolts, but I do not recall them being left-handed thread. There is no logical reason why they would be designed in that matter.

As a side-note on this topic, I took the advice of other owners, and did not reinstall those two bolts. This will allow future removal of just the ZF instead of also having to remove starter, clutch linkage, etc. I did this probably 15 years ago and there have been zero issues.

Larry

Thanks Larry, I had my son standing on the ZF and the Allen's broke free. I will take your advice and forgo installing them. ( right hand thread)

Separating the ZF, one has to move it back considerably farther to clear the bell housing with the input shaft and the Allen bolts  are the only two fasteners below the input shaft center line, personally I choose to put them in as it really isn't that much more work to remove the bell housing with the ZF.

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