Transmission Bell Housing Bolts

[MrV7]

I removed my transmission about 5 months ago, and when removing it I had to use a bolt extractor socket to get the top two E torx bolts out.


I was going to replace them with a hex head but now I can't find the bolts I took off and I can't for the life of me find anything online about the thread size to get them from the hardware store.


The picture is what the OEM bolts are. But rather not use that bolt head.

 

[Jezza]

I removed my transmission about 5 months ago, and when removing it I had to use a bolt extractor socket to get the top two E torx bolts out.


I was going to replace them with a hex head but now I can't find the bolts I took off and I can't for the life of me find anything online about the thread size to get them from the hardware store.


The picture is what the OEM bolts are. But rather not use that bolt head.

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They are 3/8-16" 1.75" Long

 

[MrV7]

They are 3/8-16" 1.75" Long

Awesome thank you!

How’d you get that info cause I have literally spent 5 hrs trying to find the size

 

[Jezza]

Awesome thank you!

How’d you get that info cause I have literally spent 5 hrs trying to find the size

I have an old one in my tool box that I used to order some new ones.

 

[hear]

I was missing a lot of my transmission bolts, I'm planning to replace them all with regular bolts (I have yet to find the e-torx bolts on any TJ I've worked on). My research yielded this:

1 o'clock & 11 o'clock: 3/8-16, 1-3/4" long
3 o'clock & 9 o'clock: 7/16-14, 3" long

 

[Mall'er]

This is what I found in the 2004 parts list. This is listed in the clutch section. Number 9 is the bolt I think you are looking for.

Since this was a useless post, here is another site that sort of lists the dimensions.

https://teamcherokee.com/products/c...ep-cherokee-1997-2001-wrangler-1997-2005.html

 

[MrV7]

I have an old one in my tool box that I used to order some new ones.

Ahhh yes that definitely would have made my situation easier to deal with but I’m unorganized

Thanks again!

 

[MrV7]

They are 3/8-16" 1.75" Long

I was missing a lot of my transmission bolts, I'm planning to replace them all with regular bolts (I have yet to find the e-torx bolts on any TJ I've worked on). My research yielded this:

1 o'clock & 11 o'clock: 3/8-16, 1-3/4" long
3 o'clock & 9 o'clock: 7/16-14, 3" long

Yea I had the e torx on the top two but won’t have those anymore. Apperciate the response!

 

[MrV7]

This is what I found in the 2004 parts list. This is listed in the clutch section. Number 9 is the bolt I think you are looking for.

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Since this was a useless post, here is another site that sort of lists the dimensions.

[URL]https://teamcherokee.com/produ...ep-cherokee-1997-2001-wrangler-1997-2005.html[/URL]

Yup #9 is the one I was talking about but going to swap it with a hex head flange bolt. Where did you find that parts list at?

 

[hosejockey61]

Those OEM bolts are the best thing that can be there IMHO. To get them out just lower the tranny/t-case a little and use extensions all the way back.

 

[Mike_H]

Those OEM bolts are the best thing that can be there IMHO. To get them out just lower the tranny/t-case a little and use extensions all the way back.

agree. Once you get the socket on them...NO chance of slip off. Invaluable when you can't actually see what you're doing.

 

[Mall'er]

Yup #9 is the one I was talking about but going to swap it with a hex head flange bolt. Where did you find that parts list at?

It is in the resource forum on this site!

https://wranglertjforum.com/threads...ice-manuals-fsm-technical-documentation.4618/

 

[hear]

agree. Once you get the socket on them...NO chance of slip off. Invaluable when you can't actually see what you're doing.

Don't disagree, but I've never had the trouble that others seem to have in accessing those top bolts.

Well ok. XJ Buddy never seems to have a problem getting to those bolts. But he seems to have a superpower around getting to unreachable bolts. If I can't get it, he slides under and has it in 30 seconds. Maybe I give up too easy because I know he can do it more quickly than me?

 

[Jezza]

I replaced mine with these when I still had the stock transmisison.

https://www.mcmaster.com/91271A630/