Ford Axle Cover RTV Silicone Sealant Bead Pattern Diagram - Application Example

This document is a simple black-and-white line illustration showing the correct application pattern for RTV silicone sealant on an automotive axle (differential) cover or housing mating flange. The drawing depicts the octagonal/rounded outline of the cover flange with roughly ten to eleven bolt holes arranged around its perimeter. A continuous, thick black bead is drawn around the entire flange, routing around (encircling or looping to the inboard side of) each bolt hole, demonstrating that the sealant bead must be unbroken and must surround every fastener hole to ensure a leak-free seal when the cover is reinstalled. The image contains no text, torque values, part numbers, or year/model applicability information — it is purely a visual example. Per the uploader's filename, it serves as an 'Axle RTV silicone example' for a 1982 Ford LTD Crown Victoria, likely accompanying other service documents in the same album covering axle service. A reader can learn from this diagram the proper bead routing technique: apply a continuous bead of RTV around the full circumference of the axle cover flange, circling inside/around each bolt hole rather than running a straight bead past them.