Finally got time to change the ½ shaft bolts and can now check another thing off of the to do list. I have the Ford kit but went with the Accufabs I had purchased last fall. With only the removal of the air box and wheels to get full access it was a very straight forward swap.
Rich warned me the other day that the late build date cars had “extra” loctite and the bolts might be a bear to get out, he wasn’t kidding. Thankfully my original bolts were ok and were able to take the torque to back them out. There was so much loctite left in the shaft that when I installed the bolts the first time they hit the torque spec and I could still rattle the washer. I pulled them back out and chased the threads with an 8m 125 tap. You can see the pile I augured out in the pic below. After this cleaning everything went in smooth, seated properly, and torqued down to spec. The second pic is of the new hardware in it's new home.
Thanks to everyone on this forum that keep the tips flowing and a extra tip of the hat to Rich for taking the time to continually give back to the GT community. :thumbsup
:cheers
Trent
ps I didn't forget the rtv on the back of the washer:biggrin
Rich warned me the other day that the late build date cars had “extra” loctite and the bolts might be a bear to get out, he wasn’t kidding. Thankfully my original bolts were ok and were able to take the torque to back them out. There was so much loctite left in the shaft that when I installed the bolts the first time they hit the torque spec and I could still rattle the washer. I pulled them back out and chased the threads with an 8m 125 tap. You can see the pile I augured out in the pic below. After this cleaning everything went in smooth, seated properly, and torqued down to spec. The second pic is of the new hardware in it's new home.
Thanks to everyone on this forum that keep the tips flowing and a extra tip of the hat to Rich for taking the time to continually give back to the GT community. :thumbsup
:cheers
Trent
ps I didn't forget the rtv on the back of the washer:biggrin
