bolt kit madness

[rocco16v at netzero.net (L F)]

C'mon, guys, does it really matter which side you drill from?? 
 I've drilled out a lot of rivets in my life and I drill from whichever side I have best access to.
:)
Larry
sandiego16v
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: scirocco-al 
  To: T. Reed ; Ron Pieper 
  Cc: Mark ; scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
  Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 4:47 AM
  Subject: Re: bolt kit madness


  OK, How's this?  Drill the side that had the cone shaped rivets were
  sticking out of..... :)

  Alan
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "T. Reed" <treed2@u.washington.edu>
  To: "Ron Pieper" <rapieper@yahoo.com>
  Cc: "Mark" <maardak@yahoo.ca>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
  Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 10:30 PM
  Subject: Re: bolt kit madness


  > > > I think that would be the diff side. It should be obvious.. the side
  where
  > > > the rivet heads already have a very clear, symmetrical dimple in them.
  The
  > > > rivet heads on the side I drilled out (doh!) were mushy and a real
  pain in
  > > > the ass. I feel kinda silly now having worked so hard to do it the
  wrong
  > > > way. Oh well, hindsight is 20/20!
  > > >
  > > > And Ron, you might wanna fix that page :)
  > >
  > > OK...You drill from the RING GEAR side...I just pulled my head from my
  ass so I could look...the
  > > ring gear side is the side with the dimple, the side with Satan's Hats
  on the two rivets that
  > > always bust looks and SMS the box.  I will post photos later...
  > >
  > > Sorry for the confusion  (still sheepish)
  >
  > Are you sure? On my tranny the big hat rivets were on the diff side. That
  > makes sense too since their purpose is to retain the cross shaft which is
  > on the diff side, not the ring gear side.
  >
  > See pic: http://students.washington.edu/treed2/diffside.jpg
  >
  > I assume by "ring gear side" and "diff side" we're talking about the side
  > the diff does not stick out of and the side the diff does stick out of,
  > respectively.
  >
  > -Toby
  >
  >
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