Are you talking the threaded insert or the case itself?  There is no "side
cover" like the early days.  If you are talking the case, you are sorta in
trouble.  I have seen this happen.  Extra parts get caught in the pinion
gear and the case becomes the stress relief.  Some cases are interchangeable
if they have the bosses for the diff lock.  However, if you did blow out the
case, I hate to think of all the internal parts also needed.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Steven X. Schwenk <sxs@SCHWENK-LAW.COM>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 2:17 PM
Subject: Differential Side cover Failure

>Any one ever hear of the differential side cover cracking in a syncro
>trans.  Are they interchangable with standard vanagon transmissions.
>Steve