Help! Differential install nut needed
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Melting Slicks
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From: Green Cove Springs FL
Help! Differential install nut needed
I'm in the middle of installing my new differential, and I rounded off one of the nuts pretty bad (don't ask 
). It's one of the nuts that holds the differential to the transmission. Anyway, I need to replace it and I was wondering if it was a hardened nut or not?
Thanks
). It's one of the nuts that holds the differential to the transmission. Anyway, I need to replace it and I was wondering if it was a hardened nut or not?Thanks
Instructor
Joined: Dec 2006
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From: Newburgh NY
You can use any flanged metric nut. There are two different sized on the diff. The side are something like 10x1.5 (15mm heads) and the top and two bottom are 8x1.5 (I Think, don't hold me to it) - these are 13mm heads).
Home depot or Lowes should have something you can use. In an emergeny, use a non-flanged nut with a flat washer.
Home depot or Lowes should have something you can use. In an emergeny, use a non-flanged nut with a flat washer.
Thread Starter
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 2,900
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From: Green Cove Springs FL
You can use any flanged metric nut. There are two different sized on the diff. The side are something like 10x1.5 (15mm heads) and the top and two bottom are 8x1.5 (I Think, don't hold me to it) - these are 13mm heads).
Home depot or Lowes should have something you can use. In an emergeny, use a non-flanged nut with a flat washer.
Home depot or Lowes should have something you can use. In an emergeny, use a non-flanged nut with a flat washer.
The differential is back in; now I have to install the rest of the rear... well not tonight
