Tighten your driveshaft bolts!!!

[PabloCruise]

I have seen this posted before.

I'll say it again though.

I went to remove my t-case to replace input shaft seal and some of the nuts on rear driveshaft were loose!

Didn't lose any nuts, but damn, that is creepy!

Tighten them up folks!

 

[Degnol]

BTDT, amazingly, one of the few parts I'd never dicked with. Developed a vibration and got under it to wiggle everything and....Viola! ALL the flange bolts were loose.
Glad you didn't fawk anything up!


Ed

 

[spotcruiser]

Blue Loc-tite is a good idea.

 

[Big Dees FJ40]

did you over greese your driveshaft to make it come loose.

 

[Big Dees FJ40]

Have you had your cruiser up the mountians yet I run with a club their in fort collins Co

 

[ranger]

did you over greese your driveshaft to make it come loose.

How does over greasing a driveshaft make bolts come loose?

 

[freightdog]

Thanks Pablo! Will do -

I got all the crap off my roof and found one of the two bolts - the other was missing - thanks for the pic's

 

[beanz2]

Also make sure the spring washer under the nut is not flat yet. Same thing happened to me on the way to Rubithon 2003. All of a sudden, there was a funny noise on the freeway. We stopped and found two of the bolts holding the rear driveshaft to the diff was gone, and the last two were dangling.

Dave

 

[too tall]

loctite em' and whenever possible put the bolt end in from the front (less likely to fall out if they do come loose ) aircraft mechanics use that principle.Bolts from the top or the front. From the most direction of travel.

 

[haystax]

How does over greasing a driveshaft make bolts come loose?

+1 WTF

I just thought it blew out your seals and made a mess of the underside of your rig.