bolt on top left of diff (brake t)

[Beck]

another question, i just sheared off the bolt that holds the brake line T junction on the top of the diff. can i temporarily replace it with another bolt that doesn't have a hole in the middle? what is the purpose of the hole anyway? diff breather/vent?

[Changin Gears]

Yes, that is the vent for the rear end. With a solid bolt you would push gear oil out the seals.

[GoodysGotaCuda]

+1   

[Beck]

yeah, thought so.
i drilled a hole in a new bolt so should be all good.
cheers guys

[GoodysGotaCuda]

There should be a cap over the bolt to keep out most debris/water. Do you have that?

[Beck]

there was no cap on the old bolt...
what does the cap look like? what sort of hole or vent is in the cap?
any chance someone could post a pic?

cheers,
aaron

p.s. my car just got its warrant, so it's legal for another six months here in nz, perfect for the summer!
can't wait for the two week road trip i got planned in january...

[Katfish]

http://chucker54.stores.yahoo.net/axlevent.html

[GoodysGotaCuda]

just took a few pics for you, concrete is cold lol. gimmie a min to get them up

[GoodysGotaCuda]

Please excuse my unrestored original differential thats been ran hard. It's not the prettiest thing, but it has stainless lines!  . I popped the cap off so you can see, there is a little spring loaded lid in there, I guess so it's not 100% open all the time. 

[boydsdodge]

How did you get a pubic hair on the diff?

[rallye73]

 

[MEK-Dangerfield]

Oh my...   

[Chryco Psycho]

Probably ran over a cat

[Alaskan_TA]

Hearing the story of how it got there would be interesting, but......

I hope he does not tell us.

[GoodysGotaCuda]

How did you get a pubic hair on the diff?

Out of the 37 years that car has been on the road with the original diff, who knows! lol

and it's a Canada car...hmm!