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hardline_42 · 03-26-2007, 09:07 PM

It's something really low. For some reason 5 ft. lbs. comes to mind. You want the bolts to just snug up against the caps without enough pressure to move or distort them. They only have to work when the axles try to pry the caps off under load. Also, FWIW, I would suggest an LPW diff girdle over the TA. The LPW has a longer thread depth on the cap for the cap-bolts to engage. I wouldn't think much of that if I hadn't actually seen a TA girdle with the threads compeletely stripped out after a launch.

03-26-2007, 09:07 PM	#2
hardline_42 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Mount Holly, NJ Posts: 242 iTrader: (1)	It's something really low. For some reason 5 ft. lbs. comes to mind. You want the bolts to just snug up against the caps without enough pressure to move or distort them. They only have to work when the axles try to pry the caps off under load. Also, FWIW, I would suggest an LPW diff girdle over the TA. The LPW has a longer thread depth on the cap for the cap-bolts to engage. I wouldn't think much of that if I hadn't actually seen a TA girdle with the threads compeletely stripped out after a launch. __________________ '81 Sport Coupe 229 V6 -Junked '93 Z28 LT1 - Parting out "Is that a rat? No, it's just a really fat mouse." Last edited by hardline_42; 03-27-2007 at 10:46 AM.