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IndigoBlueCooperS
 Post subject: Diff Preload
PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 7:47 pm 
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I am setting up the diff preload and find I need extra shims to get the pre-load - 4thou for thrust bearings.
I suspect the new gaskets are thicker than the old ones, and I am short on shims.
Any issues leaving the side gaskets out and use RTV sealant instead?
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drmini in aust
 Post subject: Re: Diff Preload
PostPosted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 5:32 am 
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My car has no side gaskets and doesn't leak there. But don't use RTV, use an anaerobic flange sealant designed for this. Loctite 515 or 518.

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 Post subject: Re: Diff Preload
PostPosted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 11:52 am 
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IndigoBlueCooperS wrote:
I am setting up the diff preload and find I need extra shims to get the pre-load - 4thou for thrust bearings.
I suspect the new gaskets are thicker than the old ones, and I am short on shims.
Any issues leaving the side gaskets out and use RTV sealant instead?


just buy some shims?

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timmy201
 Post subject: Re: Diff Preload
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I've read that Rover dropped the gaskets in later years and just used sealant.

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