[DeTomaso] ZF ACORN NUTS

[mikeldrew at aol.com]

Bob wrote:


Not knowing.....my restoration shop installed the acorn 
uts and when the  nut bottomed out they just tightened away pushing the stud 
nto the ZF REAR  casing. I backed out the stud located at 10:30 and put the 
riginal nut in  place and then covered it with the acorn nut.




>>>Glad you found the source of the problem, but now your sealing acorn nut, isn't.

What you need to do is use a cutoff wheel to shorten the protruding end of the stud, so that the acorn nut will bottom out on the surface of the rear cover.  I had to shorten 3-4 of my studs when I switched to sealing acorn nuts.  No more leaks!

Mike