Hello fellas, dropped the cover on my 14 bolt 10.5 ring gear, drained the fluid, cleaned the magnet, and bought a new cover.
But silly me, I used the paper gasket that came with it, and as i was putting the cover and new gasket on the bottom bolt on the differential cover was really difficult to turn in. Despite trying every which way to thread it on straight I couldn't get it to go on easy, so I stupidly cranked it on with a breaker bar, in hindsight likely crossthreading it.
Now that exact bolt on the very bottom is verrrrrry slowly weeping gear oil.
How can I fix this? Obviously I messed up the bolt threading. But it should have sealed up pretty well regardless, right? Should I have used rtv instead of a paper gasket? Honestly I'm lost.
Does anyone know how i can reinstall the cover without shredding that bottom bolt any further, and ensuring everything doesn't leak?
But silly me, I used the paper gasket that came with it, and as i was putting the cover and new gasket on the bottom bolt on the differential cover was really difficult to turn in. Despite trying every which way to thread it on straight I couldn't get it to go on easy, so I stupidly cranked it on with a breaker bar, in hindsight likely crossthreading it.
Now that exact bolt on the very bottom is verrrrrry slowly weeping gear oil.
How can I fix this? Obviously I messed up the bolt threading. But it should have sealed up pretty well regardless, right? Should I have used rtv instead of a paper gasket? Honestly I'm lost.
Does anyone know how i can reinstall the cover without shredding that bottom bolt any further, and ensuring everything doesn't leak?