Mystery boltheads in diff.
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 6:22 pm
Hi all, today I changed the oil in the diffs on my Jimny Alto Hatchback, 2005, the first time since buying the vehicle 2 years ago and which has now got 70,000 kilometers clocked. Upon removing the drain plug to the front diff, two sheared 11mm bolt heads also fell out. I've attached a picture of the bolts, along with the drain plug. Has anyone any idea where these boltheads could be from? Could they have been put in there deliberately in order to increase the magnetic attraction of the magnetic drain plug? I really can´t think of anything else. The magnet on the drain plug was quite clogged with debris with only a few tiny bits of metal ¨shavings¨attached...so nothing major I reckon.
Any suggestions would be most welcome.