Weak bolts on rear axle flange
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Weak bolts on rear axle flange
Anyone ever dealt with the bolts that are used on the axle flange to the rear hub on a 70/80 rear?
I put my truck back together this weekend and when i was putting the axle bolts back in I used an impact gun turned down on low, just to run the bolts in snug. Well apparently these bolts were from a bad batch or something because 2 of them snapped off. after extracting the bolts and replacing them with some non-grade 8 hardware i had in the garage, I ran the rest of them in by hand.
Got the torque wrench out and went to tq them at 90ft-lbs like the manual calls for. First bolt snaps off before it ever got to 90. I gave up, used a short handled rachet to get them tight, but no torquing.
I put my truck back together this weekend and when i was putting the axle bolts back in I used an impact gun turned down on low, just to run the bolts in snug. Well apparently these bolts were from a bad batch or something because 2 of them snapped off. after extracting the bolts and replacing them with some non-grade 8 hardware i had in the garage, I ran the rest of them in by hand.
Got the torque wrench out and went to tq them at 90ft-lbs like the manual calls for. First bolt snaps off before it ever got to 90. I gave up, used a short handled rachet to get them tight, but no torquing.
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