Please help me find my rear end...

Discussion in 'Technical' started by blugene, Apr 10, 2007.

  1. rayzorsharp

    rayzorsharp I "AM" a Maverick!

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    I'd suggest get a set of the little copper washers to keep fluid from seeping out of the bolt holes. It's looking mighty good...don't skimp now. :)
     
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    I Used Copper Washers For Brake Lines On Mine
     
  3. blugene

    blugene Senior member Supporting Member

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    Ok...so nothing inside, just assemble and fill? Sillycone the plates?
     
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    Use the gasket! Alignment is set up with gasket thickness. Looks great!
     
  5. Jamie Miles

    Jamie Miles the road warrior

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    Very nice... looks like a few I have powder coated, though I have only done 9 inches and 12 bolt GM's.
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    ...if you use that ...gasket...it will ...leak...:yup: (clear GE sillycone).

    did you...powdercoat the gasket surface???

    ...:Handshake...
     
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  7. blugene

    blugene Senior member Supporting Member

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    I was asking about the plate gaskets, if I should gasket them...
    The ends were powder coated but the pumpkin surface was not. I will probobly do the clear sillycone :cool:. Thanks...
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    ...NO!! ...pumpkin gasket... (clear GE sillycone).

    ...:yup:...
     
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    blugene Senior member Supporting Member

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    Ok...clear GE sillycone. :yup:
     
  10. PaulS

    PaulS Member extrordiare

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    I have found that gear lube will disolve most silicone RTV. I like to use a gasket (where available) and a thin film (.010") of Loctite Gasket Maker. It swells as it hardens and will hold the gasket in place rather than acting like a lube like RTV does. Clean up is easy because it peals off with the gasket leaving a clean surface for the new gasket. I never use silicone on transmissions or differentials. Some people have good luck with it but I can never get it to hold a seal where gear lube or ATF is the lubricant. Silicone also requires a clean, dry, and slightly rough surface to seal - any oil on the flange will keep it from sealing. Gasket Maker will seal through oil, anti-freeze, and some dirt. Coat both sides of the gasket and install it. It takes very little - just a .010" film is more than enough.
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    i used ...gasket and crush washers(PITA)...on the first 3 pumpkins i installed...all 3 leaked...:yup:
    my ...differential...guy suggested ...clear GE sillycone.
    no leaks in the last 2 diff. changes...(y) he puts it on all his...differentials and transfer cases... in all 4 W/D and rock crawlers he builds.he also puts it on motor builds...oilpan...T/C...and valve covers.(none.. on auto. trans.)

    ...:yup:...
     
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    That clear GE silicone is some very tough stuff. At my dad's suggestion, I used in in place of a exhaust manifold gasket on my '69.5 and then drove the car daily for over a month, which included weekend trips out of state that were sometimes over 600 miles in a single weekend. It never blew out. I also used it (in conjunction with a gasket) to seal the water pump and valve cover. That stuff is 10 times better better then any RTV gasket maker crap you can buy, and you can buy a whole tube of it for a caulking gun for about the same price as a little tube of RTV.
     

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