Ok so I been following various DIY clutch installs. I got the transmission down on my AP1 and replaced my old worn out clutch with a new OEM flywheel, disk, Pressure Plate, and both bearings.
I torqued down the flywheel bolts to 94lbs and the pressure plate bolts to flywheel torqued to 19lbs as recommended. As I was getting the PP bolts, i was going in a criss cross pattern as i was torquing them down, with the clutch alignment tool in place. Once i got them all in I went all around to make sure i got them all torqued to spec. BTW, i used red thread locker on the bolts.

Last night i had a couple of buddies help me guide the transmission back in and for a split second i saw a hair line crack of light between the flywheel and Pressure plate. I just want to make sure if this is normal i tried to mimick the same crack of light on my old set up and i need to apply a lot of pressure and this is with a clutch disk that's literally paper thick.
So i asked a neighbor that's ASE certified and said he was surprised that the torque spec was that minimal for the PP to flywheel bolts, which are 10mm 12point bolts and told me if that's what the manual states then to follow it, period.

The reason I'm a little skeptical is because it threw me off when i got everything torqued, the Throwout bearing was a little loose and i saw Billman say that's perfectly normal to have play on that throwout bearing. SO just to make sure I'm on the right track does everything seem right? help would be much appreciated ASAP

 

If the pressure plate was located properly over all the dowels and you torqued the bolts properly, then I wouldn't worry about it.

 

yeah everything went on smoothly and i was actually really anal about double checking that the clutch was dead center and torqued everything down to spec but i notice that little hair line crack of light between the PP and Flywheel. When i looked at it at an angle while guiding in the transmission.

 

I am having a hard time visualizing where you are seeing this light. Perhaps a pic would help.

 

Its basically were the PP bolts on to the Flywheel. Unfortunately i don't have a pic let me see if i can get a pic from my old set up

 

the only thing I can think of is the humps on the edge of the pressure plate.

 

 

Agreed

 

it looked similar to this maybe just a tad bit closer but thats basically the gap on my old set up. what do you guys think?
i try to squeeze both together and almost seems impossible to make them sit flush and considering that it only requires 19lbs of torque it makes me wonder this is normal. i might be right or wrong which is why im looking for some input

 

The flange isn't perfectly flat, but as long as it is bolted and torqued down that won't make any difference.