[DeTomaso] ZF differential housing bolts

[John Taphorn]

Yes Corey, many times

Drill off the head.

JT

On 6/10/2015 10:25 PM, coreyjprice at gmail.com wrote:
> I have torn down a ZF before but the one I'm currently working on is being stubborn. In order to remove the differential, you must follow one of two methods:
>
> 1.  Using a special tool, remove the carrier bearings on the sides of the differential. With the carrier bearings removed, the differential comes out cleanly.
> 2.  Remove eight bolts on the differential thru the side cover opening, remove the diff side cover and then remove the rest of the differential.
>
> Since I don't have the special tool, I have to use method 2. I've done it before with good success. Unfortunately the OEM bolts are short crappy strip-easy socket bolts. I'm not doing well on all but one bolt on this ZF. Anyone done this before that can offer suggestions?
>
> Corey
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