Re: Ring Bolt Tightening
Ron tebo (tebomr(at)cadvision.com)
Sun, 31 May 1998 05:17:09 -0400
>
> John Slade wrote:
> >
> > Some weeks ago there was a thread about loose ring bolts in the diff.
> > Since my car (S IV) is now sitting on stands with the drive shaft
> > removed, it seems like an ideal opportunity to make a check. Can someone
> > outline exactly what needs to be done to expose the ring gear to enable
> > the bolts to be checked? Do the half shafts, for example, need to be
> > withdrawn?
> >
> > Any info would be extremely useful.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > John Slade
> > Manotick, ON
>
> John:
>
> The thread you are looking for is in the Mar./97 archives and Jarrid
> provides pretty complete instructions on what needs to be done to pull
> the assembly (and this is necessary to get at the bolts!) He says the
> procedure takes about 5 hrs. and about 14 beers from dis- to reassembly
> and I suspect more (beer and hours), for most of us. The hard part is
> removing the hubs. Good Luck!
>
> Ron Tebo