Thread: Axle Bolts
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Old 06-05-2020, 10:11 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by rackets351 View Post
Has anyone had problems with axle bolts coming loose and axle coming out of transmission??
I replaced a bad engine and after driving around for roughly 100 miles the drivers side axle came off the transmission, got it home and checked the right side and found some of the bolts were also loose. I ended up replacing all the bolts and pretty much spot torqued them. I have yet been able to get a torque wrench in there to properly torque them.
Thanks for any info on this problem and a way to not have it happen again would be appreciated.
You need to pull each bolt, clean it (use something like spray brake cleaner), blow of the bolts with compressed air, then put a small amount of medium strength (blue) Loctite on them, then torque them to spec. The problems will not return.
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