DTE Brace
Drifting
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From: AnnArbor Michigan
St. Jude Donor '05
Originally Posted by C5 KIDD
i just blew up my diff. friday night at the track. when it happens to you out of nowhere when you decide to "get on the car" a little, you will be wishing you had the brace.
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From: Fort Wayne Indiana
Originally Posted by binkysgarage
Just a heads up I just installed one, the bolts with the kit are a bit to long. In the blind holes the bolts are too long and bottom out before correct torque is reached.Its the brackets around the diff side covers
You'll find this on some of the early cases mostly...
Starting today, all of our differential mounting bracket fasteners will be approx. 4.5mm shorter to accomodate any factory Getrag production tolerances of bolt hole and/or thread depth, so there will be no chance of our fasteners ever bottoming out in the case before they are tight in the future.
Respectfully,
DTE
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Joined: Jun 2001
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Originally Posted by C5 KIDD
i just blew up my diff. friday night at the track. when it happens to you out of nowhere when you decide to "get on the car" a little, you will be wishing you had the brace.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2004
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From: Olympia WA
Originally Posted by DynoTech Engineering
We've found that approx. 90% of the C5 Corvette differentials in circulation have the side-cover mounting holes in the case drilled into them from the factory at the proper depth and tapped accordingly. The other approx. 10% may have had the holes drilled deep enough, but the actual threads are tapped shallower than the hole itself.
You'll find this on some of the early cases mostly...
Starting today, all of our differential mounting bracket fasteners will be approx. 4.5mm shorter to accomodate any factory Getrag production tolerances of bolt hole and/or thread depth, so there will be no chance of our fasteners ever bottoming out in the case before they are tight in the future.
Respectfully,
DTE
You'll find this on some of the early cases mostly...
Starting today, all of our differential mounting bracket fasteners will be approx. 4.5mm shorter to accomodate any factory Getrag production tolerances of bolt hole and/or thread depth, so there will be no chance of our fasteners ever bottoming out in the case before they are tight in the future.
Respectfully,
DTE
