[DeTomaso] ZF ACORN NUTS

[doug351c]

My stock ZF rear cover nuts all had thin stock washers under them and while
none of them leaked when I was using dinosaur oil, a few did start leaking
when I converted to AMSOIL.  I tried copper washers to cure it but they only
slowed the leaks.  As Mike said, the sealing Acorn nuts cure this problem if
you have it.

Doug Braun
blue 73L #5505

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
[mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of Asa Jay Laughton
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 7:52 PM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] ZF ACORN NUTS


Okay...... so what is being used on the stock nuts already attached to
-my- ZF, and which Bob used on his under the acorn? (he -said- he used
an original nut)  My ZF isn't leaking around any of the studs on the
rear plate.

Inquiring minds want to know.
Asa Jay


Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 7/19/2011 5:19 PM, MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 7/19/11 10 44 14, rob at dumoulins.net writes:
>
>
>> How about a nice stainless Steel washer?
>>
> The acorn nuts in question incorporate a rubber seal, to prevent fluid
> which seeps past the threads of the stud, from leaking onto the ground.
A
> washer won't help that--in fact anything between the face of the back
cover and
> the rubber seal on the nut will defeat the seal and allow it to leak.
>
> Mike