OT: TDI tranny (020 diff)

[rapieper at yahoo.com (Ron Pieper)]

Oh...on the drill front - DON'T let it get smoking hot, give it rest every few seconds (spinning
in air is fine) and lubricate it!!! Liquid Wrench works fine for this (in your environment).  

Also, invest in a Drill Doctor (I recommend this to everyone on the list).  Obtain a set of good
grade uncoated HSS (high-speed steel) drills.

There are Drill Doctors all over ebay - check 'em out.

HTH

Ron


--- Koabi Brooks <koabi.brooks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A press would have been nice but my cordless reluctantly did the job.
> Thanks for the tip about putting the bolts in before removing all the
> rivets.  Also Dan was quite right - the drill bit took a beating when i got
> it on the steel
> 
> On 8/4/07, Ron Pieper <rapieper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Drilling the rivets can be a PITA without a drill press...using one?
> >
> > In any case, choose a drill that's pretty big - I use a 1/2" - and drill
> > until the head of the
> > rivet comes off.  No farther.  After you get all the heads off, support
> > the diff on 2x4s sideways,
> > and use a heavy hammer and punch to drive them out of the diff.  If you
> > are going to use the same
> > diff and ring gear, put the bolts in before all the rivets are drilled out
> > so you avoid separating
> > the ring and the diff.
> >
> > This is a 15-20 min job once you know how to do it and have the right
> > tools.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Ron
> > --- Koabi Brooks <koabi.brooks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > scirocco content:  the 020 tranny is *still* getting rivets drilled
> > out.  I
> > > am paranoid that I will go into the ring gear.  The rivets were intact
> > but
> > > there were a couple of cracks visible on the surface that might have
> > > developed into something worse if the remained in place.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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