Man I tell ya one thing properly tourqed drive shaft bokts with red lock tight is one of the hardest damn things to loosen every curse word used heating does help . Blue lock tight is plenty.
H55F woe
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Sounds like we've both been to this same place haha
Haven't had a chance to troubleshoot; I spent time inspecting everything and found the culprit.
Misdiagnosed; it turned out to be the rear driveshaft bolts. The plates were completely separated; all four bolts were loose and coming undone. I ordered myself new bolts and inspected all the other plates; they seem fine. No clue why the shop repurposed my old bolts instead of just charging me $60 for a new set. I'll do it.
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The EXACT same thing happened to me approximately a year after a crate h55f installed on my truck, the work was done by a shop well-known on this web site. T case was rebuilt, drive shafts were removed, resized and balanced, all new u joints.Haven't had a chance to troubleshoot; I spent time inspecting everything and found the culprit.
Misdiagnosed; it turned out to be the rear driveshaft bolts. The plates were completely separated; all four bolts were loose and coming undone. I ordered myself new bolts and inspected all the other plates; they seem fine. No clue why the shop repurposed my old bolts instead of just charging me $60 for a new set. I'll do it.
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Began to experience horrible vibrations and rattling above 40 mph.
I nursed it home, crawled under the truck and found all 4 bolts on the rear drive shaft flange VERY loose, one nut was missing.
No evidence that loctite was used. Installed new hardware and applied blue loctite.
That was 4 years ago,no problems since.
I have my drive shafts off for one reason or another about every six months!
Last time was when I got carried away and got the front axle airborne over a ledge on the Rainbow Trail (down closer to you). When I landed it twisted the front DS splines enough to lock up the slip joint. That was a rough ride home! If you ever need it, there's a great DS shop in Englewood.