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cheap mod and free mod (14ff shave and install drain hole)

Looks good Branndon, but will the diff leak with those bottom holes cut in half (or am I seeing thing?)
Looks like you used a sawzall?
 
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cool! looks good /forums/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif I'm planning a drain (with magnet) in the cover I built.
 
Couple of observations (take them for what they're worth):
1) Don't put a tap in a drill...okay, the guys on American Chopper do, but that's not the way to do it.
2) Ease up on the loctite...a little dot goes a long way.

Anyway, nice shave-job...gotta love cheap/free mods.
 
I was just going to comment on your generous use of LocTite.
A little dab will do ya.
If your worried about leaks with the drain hole use a little plumbers tape and wrap the thrreads with that stuff.That will keep things from leaking.

You might have to use a breaker bar and poss. a little heat to get that drain plug out now! /forums/images/graemlins/rotfl.gif

Nice shave job though dooooode /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif
 
Cool, but... I can't help it...

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i shaved my rear, and installed a hole to drain the fluids a little easier

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If you're tapping out a hole that you're going to use for a drain, why not use a pipe thread tap and eliminate potential leaks before they start?
 
What prevents you from threading the plug in too far?

Why did you shave the top of the differential instead of the bottom? Does that make the plut a fill plug? /forums/images/graemlins/rotfl.gif /forums/images/graemlins/rotfl.gif
 
i know thats a ton of loctite, it just all came out at once, i didnt mean to /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif o well. and i guess the ring gear prevents it from going in to far if i chose to screw it in that far, right now though it doesnt hit anything on the inside
 
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What prevents you from threading the plug in too far?

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That is (or at least should be) a 1/8" pipe plug. The tapped hole and plug is tapered so it only goes in a given distance and then stops.
 
Looks good. Here is the diff cover I made out of 3/8 plate completely and put a drain in it. Installed it tonight. Will trim diff then trim the cover as needed too.
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Nice job on the shave. /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif
The drain hole... /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
You used the right amount of lock tite.
I would clean it real good and epoxy over it.
Gear lube drippin out a lil 3/8" hole is gonna take alot longer than just poppin the cover off, cleaning the mating surfaces and gluing it back on.
And now you are gonna have to heat the case to get the set screw out.
And since it is on the bottom and the case is full of fluid that acts as a heat sink.... stripped out set screw, busted allen wrench....
It only holds a couple of quarts anyways.
3/8 pipe plugs are bad enough to get out of a diff when it is buggered.
A handy tip for the next time you are tappin a hole in a critical area is to smear grease in the flutes of the tap to catch the cuttings.

I use an air ratchet 3/8 or 1/4" depending on the tap to chase threads but always twist em in by hand to start new threads.
Broken taps suck big time.
Then when ya break off the handy dandy tap extracter in the tap....
 
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Looks good. Here is the diff cover I made out of 3/8 plate completely and put a drain in it. Installed it tonight. Will trim diff then trim the cover as needed too.
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oooh bye bye drain plug, mr rock is gonna love you. No offense but did you mean to cut the "iron cross" that way?
 
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