When I break it, I do it right!
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When I break it, I do it right!
Hey guys,
Was riding around town earlier and turned do a side street really didn't get into all that hard. Next thing I heard was metal in a blender.
Coasted into a parking lot. Sounded like the transfer case come apart. I walked around the truck. The left rear center cap had two nice holes in it. Shined my flashlight in the hole found out every bolt holding the axle to the hub had sherred off.
Pulled the drive shaft and drove her home in front wheel drive. Glad I've got 4wd.
Now for the fun part, any idea how to get the bolts out or will I have to get a new hub?
Thanks and sry for the book.
Was riding around town earlier and turned do a side street really didn't get into all that hard. Next thing I heard was metal in a blender.
Coasted into a parking lot. Sounded like the transfer case come apart. I walked around the truck. The left rear center cap had two nice holes in it. Shined my flashlight in the hole found out every bolt holding the axle to the hub had sherred off.Pulled the drive shaft and drove her home in front wheel drive. Glad I've got 4wd.
Now for the fun part, any idea how to get the bolts out or will I have to get a new hub?
Thanks and sry for the book.
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I've never heard of this either. I wonder if the bolts were loose?
It depends on where they were broken. If there isn't much tension left in the bolt stem itself, they may not be hard to extract.
It depends on where they were broken. If there isn't much tension left in the bolt stem itself, they may not be hard to extract.
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Geez, that's a first one for me too - but like they say, if you're about to screw up, might as well screw up so bad that people just shake heads and wonder how exactly you managed to accomplish that 
Really tho, you can try getting the bolts out (hopefully they ain't stuck), but either way you repair it I think you should also open the diff and check things there, just as a good measure, don't want any metal chunks finding their way to the ring and pinion.
Really tho, you can try getting the bolts out (hopefully they ain't stuck), but either way you repair it I think you should also open the diff and check things there, just as a good measure, don't want any metal chunks finding their way to the ring and pinion.
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I havent got to take it apart yet. They may have been loose IDK. I asked all my dodge and chevy buddies if their trucks could shear off grade 8 bolts and laughed when i said it. They just looked at me.
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I have heard of it happening, it happened to my cousin in his IDI the problem was I believe his bearings were going out and sort of locked up. I I remember right.
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That makes sense. If the bearings are going bad, they are not supporting the wheel assembly like they should, so that would put more strain on the axle and the axle bolts, since they are trying to do the bearing's job and hold the wheel.
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Actually I had that problem a lot when I was running a locker under my dump bed.
Still running the original hubs, several sets of bolts later.
Limited slip with clutches works better under a load and eliminated that problem.
Left hand drill bit and lots of caution drilling.
You don't want to drill the hub and ruin the threads.
Blue locktite when reinstalling the bolts.
And I would inspect the wheel bearings for contamination or damage.
If the axle shaft is supporting weight, the wheel bearings are clear gone.
Still running the original hubs, several sets of bolts later.
Limited slip with clutches works better under a load and eliminated that problem.
Left hand drill bit and lots of caution drilling.
You don't want to drill the hub and ruin the threads.
Blue locktite when reinstalling the bolts.
And I would inspect the wheel bearings for contamination or damage.
If the axle shaft is supporting weight, the wheel bearings are clear gone.
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As far as i know the wheel bearings are good. Had it apart couple months ago to replace the seal. I just wonder if i didnt get a couple tight. I dont remeber putting locktight either but i am this time. I went and got some bolts and locktight. Gonna try to fix it when i get off work.
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If you left the nuts to loose on the wheel bearings, the slight movement that hubs would be able to have could cause the bolts to back out.
Not getting the axle bolts tight could also cause them to back out.
Not getting the axle bolts tight could also cause them to back out.
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Well i got her fixed. Left handed drill bits are awesome. I've got new bolts, lock washer and torque them to 80 pound. Also put locktight. I'm gonna retorque and make sure there still good. I drove it about 15 miles and everything seemed good.
So im crossing my fingers
So im crossing my fingers