They must have had Lucas Lighting in the factory where they were
torquing those original ring gear bolts. "Sean, Does that say 2 or 20
pounds? Can't tell Collin, it's too dark in here. Pass me another warm
Guiness. Get Stuffed! You get yourself..I have to get these bolts
torqued.....Oh look at the time....The Pubs are open. lets go!. What
about those bolts? Bleedin' bolts, they're tight enough. You're buy'in
"
It could have happened that way !!
Rich
> ----------
> From: Russell Maddock[SMTP:rmaddock(at)petrie.starway.net.au]
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 1997 6:51 PM
> To: Alpine List
> Subject: Re: Ring Gear Bolts
>
> This applies to Imp transaxles too as I found out a couple of years
> ago.
>
> Ooooooeeee, high velocity bolt heads make short work of alloy
> casing.:-(
>
> Russ Maddock
>
> DSand95510(at)aol.com wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 97-03-26 13:52:00 EST, jimc(at)sysdiv.SDL.usu.EDU
> (Jim
> > Cantrell) writes:
> >
> > >> > 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.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Like Ramon, I've gone thru a number of differentials (not always
> > high-mileage) and have always found at least some if not all of the
> ring gear
> > bolts were finger-tight or at least severly undertorqued.
> Personally, I
> > would take Ramon's suggestion to REPLACE all of the bolts rather
> than just
> > re-torqueing them. If the bolts have started to come loose, then
> they've
> > probably been subject to a lot of shearing force every time the
> clutch is
> > released. The chances are pretty good that at least one of the
> bolts is
> > already cracked.
> >
> > I know of at least one person who had a ring gear bolt break off
> when
> > attempting to re-torque it.
> >
> > Its worth your peace of mind to take it apart now before the worst
> happens.
> > From the ones I've had go bad in the past, I'm not sure which is
> worse - the
> > high-speed failure where you're rocked by the explosive BANG!!!! of
> the
> > jammed bolt instantly blowing a hole thru the case, or the the
> low-speed
> > failure where suddenly, again without any warning, you're pitched
> into the
> > steering wheel as everything seizes up.
> >
> > Dick Sanders
>
>
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