>  It is a good practice to remove the differential cover on high
>  mileage cars every few years and torque the ring gear bolts to
>  specification.  I have found many "on their way" to lossening.  I
>  suspect that they take many years to complete their tortuous path to
>  destruction.
Oh man!  Now when I'm done with the Alpine, I'm going to have to get 
"intimate" with the 150,000-mile daily-driver Capri, and with both ends of 
the 250,000-mile Jeep Cherokee?
Oh man!  Well, at least they HAVE differential covers!
Thanks for the tip Jim.  I didn't know this was a common problem.
Ramon
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