quote:thanks for the education...that sure looks like something I would like to see first hand.
does the bolt body have a solid section that would act like a fitted dowels when threaded into the dif hsg cpl?
Stock bolts only have a very short unthreaded section at the top. The first time I SAW this happen was at a 'Vegas Fun Rally in the '80s. A couple had just driven in from Los Angeles, when he was told to move his Pantera from in front of the host Hotel. He started it and popped it into reverse. A bolt-head caught in the R/P gear-mesh and got spit out at high velocity. It cracked the cast aluminum ZF bottom cover in pieces, dumping the whole load of lube for all to see. Not a proud moment...
Steve Wilkinson had towed a restored show car for display that year, and just happened to have a spare ZF lower cover in his truck's tool box. It wasn't cheap and the swap in the hotel parking lot was messy, but they had help and drove their Pantera home that year, instead of 'enjoying' a 300 mile tow-truck ride.
Safety Wire Is Your Friend!