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I also would like to secure the bolts in the gearbox with locking wire, but would like to do this myself, is there a write up for doing this Job.

I am certainly not trying to steer you away from a DIY job, but I had an expert with me when we wired my Ring Gear, and I am glad I did.

This is more of a 3 banana job - here's the items I noticed:

Removal of the allen screws off the differential carrier (we needed a chisel to break a few loose)

Disassembly and reassembly of the clutch packs and the spider gears - I guess we stacked them in a very nice pile, but there were sure a LOT of parts there, and it would be VERY easy to get them out of order...

The actual Safety Wiring process - You want your tying to be very neat and very tight. If you don't have a lot of experience with Safety Wiring... your wiring may not look so nice

Sealing up the bottom of the ZF - you need to do a very good cleaning and sealer / gasket install - and there are a LOT of shims and wave washers that you need to keep in the right order / locations.

I am not saying that safety wiring a ZF can't be done by a "first-timer", but it needs to be done in a very meticulous order, and all the parts have to go back exactly in the same order they came out.

I was very grateful I had someone who did the heavy lifting for me when we safety wired my ZF. I was happy to be the guy who scrubbed the parts, cleaned and painted thing as needed, and tried to help by doing the grunt work.

I was able to get a lot of information on the process by calling RBT Transmissions (when I ordered the gasket set). but it was really a task that took some skills.

Rocky