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Thread: Rear 3rd Member Studs Replaced with Button Head Bolts?

  1. #21
    Quote Originally Posted by YotaFun View Post
    Looks like McMaster has threaded rod.
    I have alway had issues with the longer studs staying in or stripping out.
    MAybe with something here we could thread a rod through and then a nut and lock washer on the back side with some thread locker give us another option?
    That could work but the clearence would have to be checked. It might work but to be honest I haven't had my diff off in a year....but it also hasn't been leaking

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  2. #22
    Putting nuts on the back side of the long elocker studs might hit the locker fork. I know you have to lock the diff to remove and install it, otherwise the fork hits the housing. Maybe a thin nut might work?
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  3. #23
    I think putting nuts on the back side is a bad idea. Too much risk for one to come loose and then that $.10 nut would take out your entire diff. I wouldn't trust any thread locker or nylok nut. The only way I would trust it is if you weld it on.
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  4. #24
    My retrofit doesn't leak but I'm now wishing I had put some thread sealer on the studs. At the time I was doing my work I was thinking about using this kit: http://www.trail-gear.com/product/46...t#.WNkbKfnytpg

    but changed my mind. Sean, do you think your seal went bad? Or that your studs stretched?

  5. #25
    I know for sure it was leaking through the bottom elocker stud and 1 other standard stud. I'm guessing once I pulled them out to do the modification, they no longer sealed.
    Last edited by Seanz0rz; 03-27-2017 at 09:49 AM.
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