Removal of Front Drive Shaft Bolts
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Removal of Front Drive Shaft Bolts
I had to pull the front drive shaft out of the truck and had to cut one of the bolts that attach the driveshaft to the t-case flange. Not to mention I would like to replace the others with new and noticed they are too long to pull out.
They do not clear the snap ring / t-case to allow the bolt to be pushed through the hole on the flange. (they are fed from the rear side)
Should I just cut them off and put the nuts on the bolts facing the other direction? or Is there a trick to this that i'm missing? What is the easiest way to get these bolts out?
Ignore the anotations for the CDL. - This pic is from another thread.
They do not clear the snap ring / t-case to allow the bolt to be pushed through the hole on the flange. (they are fed from the rear side)
Should I just cut them off and put the nuts on the bolts facing the other direction? or Is there a trick to this that i'm missing? What is the easiest way to get these bolts out?
Ignore the anotations for the CDL. - This pic is from another thread.
Last edited by marshman442; 09-26-2011 at 12:15 AM.
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Truck is a 2001. I can rotate the snap ring in such a way that allows the bolt to pass by, but the bolt is too long to clear the t-case housing. I think i'm going to cut them off w/ a cut off wheel and replace with gade 8 bolts fed from the other direction. I don't want to mess with the pulling the flange.
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ok, tried to loosen the 30MM bolt and wanted to make sure that I don't break something internally in the t-case or tranny. I noticed the RAV manual shows to use tool # LRT-51-003 to restrain the flange. I don't have this tool and wanted to know what others are doing, do you guys just put it in park and lock the trans in place then break the nut free?
I believe the bolt is torqued to 109 ftlbs so it will take some yanking on.
I believe the bolt is torqued to 109 ftlbs so it will take some yanking on.
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Does anyone know the size / thread off the nylocks?
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