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Originally posted by poolecr
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--plh- Yes, the bolt length will be my first check once I get back to the truck (out of town this week). As for the washer direction- It appears symmetrical except for a small chamfer on one side of the inner diameter. Matching the original installation, I oriented this chamfer outward, away from the block. Do you recall if this is correct?
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I know that what I'm about to show you is different than what you have but check this out. I just found a picture of my bolt length in the 3.0L crankshaft. I would expect to get about the same on your bolt and 3.5L crankshaft. It didn't bottom out even with the Harmonic Balancer off the crank shaft. The only thing I had on there was that new concave washer. That was what was stopping the bolt from going any further into the crank.

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89 Raider - V6, Automatic, rear LSD, A/C Retrofit, Cruise Control Retrofit.