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Old 02-25-2015, 07:16 PM
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Ok so I've slowly been piecing this thing back together & now with new t case in.I go to hook up the front driveshaft but when I grab the t straps I notice 1 of the bolt holes on my front pinion yoke @ differential it too big.Ofcurse the part is expensive & I just spent 7 grand in the past 2 weeks so I'm about busted.Can I just drill the hole out, use a longer bolt & add a nut to the backside? Let me know please.
 
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Oriellys sells replacement straps and bolts for like 5 bucks.
 
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It's not the strap it's the part the strap bolts to, that the hole is too big the front pinion
 
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Old 02-25-2015, 07:30 PM
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I don't follow.
 
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Helicoil it! There is another brand out there to i think it's called re-coil. Some kit's come with the drill bit. Just make sure you have the drill bit before you buy it.

 

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it's the front differential pinion yolk
Where the pinion yoke coming out of the differential where the bole goes through the u strap then into the yoke, the bolt hole is too big.I want to know can I just drill it out use a long bolt & add a nut..I hate help coils btw
 
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I hate help coils btw
Why? They work just fine if you do it right. If drill it out and can put a nut on the back it may unbalance it enough to feel it while driving.
 
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Is it all messed up or do you just have the wrong bolts.
 
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It's just 1 of the 4 holes.The bolts fit in the other 3 holes
 
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So one of your holes is stripped out. Could just replace the yoke...... Though at advance its 120 bucks..... but, that would be fixing it "right"™, which I highly recommend.
 


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