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Old 07-18-2009, 07:28 PM
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Default stock ten bolt and loose ring gear bolts

anybody else ever have this happen? it did to me. my ring gear bolts apparently got loose and i sheered off three of them.

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Old 07-21-2009, 10:35 PM
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Happened to me last year. Rear was rebuilt before I bought the car, dumbass installer probably didn't Loctite the bolts. 2 teeth sheared off the pinion, in my case.
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yep its very common, guy i know had it happen to him.
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Holy hell! That looks nasty!
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mine just did this but all my bolts came out ....have 2 to unlodge still but so far everything inside looks good still...hell with the exeption of one bolt which was bent in half the bolts still look good.....mine was locktited in 2 years ago when the rear was done...anyone figure out what causes them to loosen or a better loctite to use
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They are left hand threads. Probably whoever built the rears didnt' use the proper torque wrench to tighten them and just guessed at how tight they were.




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