Torque specs please for "bat wing"
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Drifting
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From: Vacaville, CA
Torque specs please for "bat wing"
Can someone provide the rear torque specs for the rear bat-wing bolts that go into the differential; (disregard the avitar....C-4 1985 pumpkin).
Also, are there torque specs for the lower camber brackets? (the 4 lower bolts that go clear through the differential and bat wing)
Thanks!
Also, are there torque specs for the lower camber brackets? (the 4 lower bolts that go clear through the differential and bat wing)
Thanks!
Safety Car
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From: Lahaina Hi
Which do you have D36 or 44?
D36 upper right is #1 above bat wing start point 19 ft pounds. 7&8 30 ft pounds.
D36
12345619lbs
7-830lbs
2 3 1
4 6
7 30 5 8 30 ftlbs
D44
4 5
3 1
7 2 6
1234530 lbs
6 7 35 lbs
D36 upper right is #1 above bat wing start point 19 ft pounds. 7&8 30 ft pounds.
D36
12345619lbs
7-830lbs
2 3 1
4 6
7 30 5 8 30 ftlbs
D44
4 5
3 1
7 2 6
1234530 lbs
6 7 35 lbs
Thread Starter
Drifting
Joined: Aug 2001
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From: Vacaville, CA
D-44...
I've heard that "the right stuff" is the best for sealing the two pieces together. Is there anything better?
Also, what do you guys use on the threads? The blue sealant from locktite?
I've heard that "the right stuff" is the best for sealing the two pieces together. Is there anything better?
Also, what do you guys use on the threads? The blue sealant from locktite?
Team Owner
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From: San Diego , CA Double Yellow DirtBags 1985..Z51..6-speed
Use the right stuff, it's the best RTV there is.
Also, I dimpled the aluminum surface with a punch and hammer to help keep the RTV from squirting out. My factory sealant washed right out of there when I put synthetic in.
Install the bolts dry, they don't seal anything.
Also, I dimpled the aluminum surface with a punch and hammer to help keep the RTV from squirting out. My factory sealant washed right out of there when I put synthetic in.
Install the bolts dry, they don't seal anything.
Safety Car
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From: Lahaina Hi
I have found that the bottom bolts bolts are the only ones that tend to leak.
I use the right stuff but I have found it doesn't realy matter.
The seal is so tight if you tq the bolts right they don't leak.
I have put my D44 with a spool through hell and it has never leaked.
You do need to tq the c-beam front to 49lbs and the rear to 59 lbs to make sure everything is secure.
I retq everything every 30 days and I have never broken a D 44.
I use the right stuff but I have found it doesn't realy matter.
The seal is so tight if you tq the bolts right they don't leak.
I have put my D44 with a spool through hell and it has never leaked.
You do need to tq the c-beam front to 49lbs and the rear to 59 lbs to make sure everything is secure.
I retq everything every 30 days and I have never broken a D 44.
Team Owner
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From: San Diego , CA Double Yellow DirtBags 1985..Z51..6-speed
The bolts don't leak, the RTV near the bolt holes is thin, and leaks across into the bolt hole. Once it gets here, it will drip out no matter how much RTV you goop onto the bolt.
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