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Originally Posted by john charlton
The bolts are a machine fit and are very carefully made they are not a common UNF bolt . I am not sure if the reproductions are made to the same tolerances so could be you have repro bolts installed by someone because they look pretty . No lock washers should be fitted .
John in Suffolk County England .
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John, you have hit on something that many are not aware of. The former Roy Nacewicz bolts were manufactured correctly however I cannot speak for other vendors,
however it is typically
not the bolts that are the problem. The Differential Housing's hole thread pitch that Ford used was a Class 4 which is a size that is typically not used commercially any longer since the advent of thread locking compounds. I think most pitches go from Class 1 - 5 with a Class 5 being almost a locking fit. The standard bolts will seal when the holes are threaded with a Class 4 cutter. Below is a PDF I made off of my A-4025 print that shows the specs for the holes.
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