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Apr 26, 2012 | 08:40 PM

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Gonna try that tomorrow. If not I'm gonna burn it.

Apr 26, 2012 | 11:45 PM

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Dana 60... problem solved!

Apr 27, 2012 | 06:04 AM

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Dana 60... problem solved!

Damn that answer! Arggg!!!

Apr 27, 2012 | 06:32 PM

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Sorry, couldn't resist. I am VERY happy I decided to buy a 60 when I did my conversion instead of using the Dana 50 I had from the parts truck...

Apr 27, 2012 | 08:30 PM

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I finnaly got it lined half way right and the u bolts are screwed. So now I gotta get bolts.

Apr 27, 2012 | 09:23 PM

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I finnaly got it lined half way right and the u bolts are screwed. So now I gotta get bolts.

What happened to the u-bolts?

Apr 27, 2012 | 09:33 PM

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Rust and brittle threads seizing the nuts while trying to tighten them back up.

Apr 27, 2012 | 09:36 PM

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Ahh......that sucks! Put some anti-seize on the new ones!

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Apr 27, 2012 | 10:21 PM

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You are supposed to use new u-bolts each time you remove them for any reason... Mainly because they need to be torqued so much that it can warp the threads, making them un-reliable the next time they are used.

Apr 27, 2012 | 10:48 PM

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Wow! I didn't know that. I've reused them several times. Maybe I should stop doing that!

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