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Sep 26, 2008 | 08:55 PM

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Diff Cover Leaking

Just had my axles and axle bearings replaced at a performance shop.

I noticed tonight that there was some gear fluid under the TA girdle and traced it up to the pre-load bolts (green arrows in the picture).

They are supposed to be 5 ft-lb torque. Is it possible they overtightened and damaged the bearing caps?

If they did, is the whole cover trashed?

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Sep 26, 2008 | 09:25 PM

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You can back them off and put some silicone on the threads and retorque them down. Common mistake, the threads are kinda loose, oversized, IMO.

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That's what I did on mine....never had the problem again.

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