Bought my 2012 rubicon used with 15k on the clock and i decided it would be smart to change all the fluids just incase. I bought some Riddler dana 44 diff covers since i was going to take the old ones off to clean the diffs out. The first covers i got looked good so i coated them in rvt and put all the bolts in and filled her up with red line. did this front and back. no leaks ... so i go to put the fill plug in the front and it just keeps spinning all the way in... ok so i go to the rear same thing... now im pissed i get to defective covers. i was able to save some of the fluid but not all of it. i called riddler and got some new ones sent out took about a week. so this time i take a look at them and thread the fill plug in just to make sure. Great works. so i rvt her up and stick her on. i put in all the bolts and then start tighting them down.... i get to the last bolt at the very bottom and HEY guess what the cast isent right not enough material was cut out so i cant tighten the bolt more then 3/4 of the way down. i tried to use my grinder to grind some space around the bolt but nope its to big to get in i would need a cnc or something which i dont have. im so angry with this i just want to make sure no one else has to deal with this crap

 

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It's just 2 close and I can't use a wrench or anything buyer beware I would never let any one I know buy these and if I still had my receipt I would return them in a minute and get the rancho Or arb don't waste ur time and money with riddler

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Sorry to hear this, bad batch, quality control slip. Have them send overnight: but it sucks you have to prime & paint 3x.

 

yeah im done with them im not risking it a 3ed time... hopefully i can my money back if i cant im pulling them off and using them as targets for my new 6.8spc set up

 

Mine have been great and taken some abuse. Only issue ive had was the bottom bolt head is always getting fubar so i have to swap that frequently.

 

I couldn't even put that bottom bolt in :( all the way

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I know you shouldn't have to but did you run a tap through it?

 

I had the same problem with my front cover. I ended up taking one of my extra sockets to the bench grinder to make it a really thin walled socket. Worked no issues. You're only tightening them down to 17 - 30 ft lbs depending on the hardware you use, so no worries on breaking the socket. Agreed you shouldn't have to, but it was an easier fix than returning the covers.

 

Should have bought poison spyder. At $90 a piece right now at northridge4x4 that is a steal!!