passengers side drive shaft refitting

[NAPLES VALVER 123]

when i fitted the passengers side drive side all seemed well untill i put the oil back in the box its now seeping out.

does the gaiter that coneects onto the box go a certain way?

[cliokiz]

I think you just need to line the holes up and bolt it up, i made the mistake of not doing it up very tight and ended up loosing all my oil so you might just need to tighten it up!

Not to bolt snapping tightness, but tighter than your mum.

[MatBrown]

Check the threads the bolts screw into as they have a habit of stripping if previously done up too tight.


Mat.

[NAPLES VALVER 123]

will have a look at the is it the bolt that the threads strip or inside the hole

what do you do if the thread as stripped inside the hole?

[Chris H]

live with the leak as I am doing on my mums sleeper cos I'm lazy

if the threads bust its a helicoil job.

Make sure the gaiter was put in flat and the metal ring inside it isn't bent as it won't seal.

[NAPLES VALVER 123]

what size helicoil will i need as i think this maybe the problem as one of the bolts just kept turning then coming loose again

[Matty86]

I've got the exact same issue


my bolts don't 'feel' threaded, but they will only do up to a certain tightness (which is fairly tight!!)


oil just keep dripping out though :(


I take it helicoils are available from someone like gsf?

[katbloke]

helicoiling is a machining job, well it was back in the day of stripping plug threads on series a engine
threads get drilled out and a helicoil inserted back , ie a tube with threads on the instead.

Maybe things have moved on from the 80s though

[Matty86]

bah, effort :(

[NAPLES VALVER 123]

woulda tap and die do the job?

will it stop leaking when there done up tight?