[DeTomaso] ZF ring-gear safety wire

Asa Jay Laughton asajay at asajay.com
Sun Feb 8 16:50:24 EST 2009


At over 100,000 miles, my ZF was in fine shape, no safety wire.  It was 
very difficult breaking loose the original ring gear bolts when I -did- 
safety wire it.  So my point is, you won't know until you actually look.

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired

& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA

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Dave Londry wrote:
> My great plan to inspect 6143 for safety wire using a borescope though 
> the drainhole didn't work out.
> I just can't flex the fibre sharply enough to get to the backside of the 
> ring-gear.
>
> So, the bottom cover must come off, and the questions are:
>
> 1. Can I just undo the mounts at the ZF and jack it up 2 inches to clear 
> the 2 tension bolts (#901)?
>
> 2. Does anyone have PDFs of Jack's Jan96 and July02 newsletter pieces on 
> safety wiring the ring-gear screws (#931)?
>     (just in case I don't find any safety wire, though at 84,000 miles 
> you'd think it would have already done the bad thing)
>
> tks
> dave
>
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