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Gunslinger
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The 8.8 looks wonderful inside. Sounds nice, too. Oh, and I use rustolem primer followed up with black high performance enamel.
Unfortunately that's where the good news stops. Came out this morning, and there's a puddle of oil beneath the diff. Great.
Pulled it off, opted to replace the chinsy gasket with a high quality felpro gasket. I used a small amount of RTV to glue the gasket to the cover to make it a little easier to put back together.
Stuck it back on, made sure all bolts were tight and it started leaking before I had a chance to pick up anything.
It is leaking around four of the lower bolts, the drain bolt, and it appears to be leaking between the cover and diff housing itself.
I swear to God, this rear end has fought me every inch of the way and continues to do so. I can only imagine how much of an absolute nightmare the rest of this project could turn out to be if something this simple is this bad.
If anyone has any suggestions as to how to keep this thing from leaking, I'd love to hear it. I really wish I had a torque spec. I have to go by feel with an allen key and a 10mm wrench for extra leverage. I'll have to bring my hex socket set from work home for a night and try it with an actual ratchet.
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