Monday, Aug 30, 2004 at 17:29
Most breakages occur after the bolts have been undone, and done up, or come loose.
When ever you have a rear axle out, you should replace the studs, like conrod bolts or head studs, they work on the stretch of the bolt to hold tension.
The dowells should also be properly installed.
Once the axle studs have broken once, from coming loose, or losing tension, then the collet holes become oval, and the threaded holes in the hub, and they will keep breaking.
You can re drill the hub, and re tap, but need to replace the axle if the holes are oversize or oval, to prevent it continuing.
You could machine the taper to suit 100 series larger axle bolts, but I havent looked at this, to make sure it would work as yet, as using new studs has always meant I havent broken them off on my trucks.
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