What I ended up doing was just borrowing a 12mm tap and fixing the threads. A 2 minute job( I know what kind of tool I'm buying off the mac truck next.) and then I torqued the pinion nut back to where it was. I will wait until this winter to dig into this seal being the car will only see a couple hundred miles by then. I would like to make a few more passes before I dig into a project as touchy as this one. Thanks for the help in making my decision though.
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