After disassembling a spare diff, bead blasting it, replacing pinion bearings
and seals, carefully setting up the gear lash , etc, I torqued the bearing cap
bolts on the differential carrier for the last time, and one of the holes
stripped.
I can put a helicoil in, but in the process I will loose the steel locating
sleeve on this bolt hole that helps locate the cap.
I can?t remove the sleeve without destroying it. Several questions:
What?s the correct name for these ?sleeves?, if I want to try to get one from
McMaster Carr, or where can I get them?
Are they essential or can I get buy without it? I assume these are there
because they take some side thrust from the carrier, which otherwise is
resisted only by clamping force and the bolt shoulder.
I could start over with another diff casing - maybe the best thing to do. Just
hate to have to strip and clean another one up, press out pinion bearings,
replace seals, adjust the bleepety-bleep gear lash all over again!
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