"Brian" <hskr@cox.net> wrote:
> " It's leaking out the bottom out one of the bolt
> holes I think."
> That's where the part about blowing out the bolt holes with the air comes
> in. I shoot some brake cleaner in each hole, and then blow it out with air
> to make sure the holes are clean and dry. Also when I run the bead of RTV,
> I usually just play connect the dots with the bolt holes and run the bead
> over the holes so RTV gets on the threads to seal the holes.
IMHO, it would be better to prevent the fluid from reaching the bolt
holes at all, rather than trying to seal them once it does. (If you
run the RTV inside the bolt holes, the fluid should never get there.)
Matt, if you'd rather not deal with pulling the cover and re-doing
everything, if you can find which bolt hole(s) the fluid is leaking
from, you might want to try removing the bolt, squeeze a little RTV in
there and re-install the bolt. Then add your friction modifier and
top off the diff, if necessary. As long as you make sure to get RTV
in the hole itself and also a bit under the bolt head, that should
stop the leak if that is where it is coming from. Anyway, it'd be
easy and cheap to try, then you can use the proper RTV pattern the
next time you change the fluid.
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