Picked up some 7/16 bolts and nylock nuts today. The 3/8 bolts seemed a lot smaller than what came out of there. Hope to get the new one in later this week.

Thanks for all of the help.

 

I finally got it the new one back in today. Went pretty smooth.

How much oil does the front diff hold? I put a little over 1.5 quarts before it started spilling out.

Thanks for all of the help.

 

That sounds right. Once it spills out its full

 

Thanks for your help.

Those bolts came in handy. Made things a lot easier. Though I think 1.25 inch would have been better. Worked good though.

 

I went with 1" because I was concerned about clearance issues between the bolt on the flange and the diff housing, this way the bolt didn't stick out past the nut.

 

Just to confirm you used 7/16" x 1" bolts for this? Because I have seen some people say to use a 1/2" bolt.

 

Yep. 1/2 would not fit.

 

I wonder if the ones using the 1/2" bolts are drilling out the splines in the stub shafts. I bet with out the splines the 1/2" would fit through both sides? In the process of doing this, debating on if I want to switch the bolts out. I just got to get off my butt and start fitting bolts. lol.

 

I just tried pushing a ½" grade 8 through the stub shaft holes and the CV holes. No go.

But simply mofidied with a ½" drill bit they should fit perfect.

 

about time hunter, lol! just kidding dude, i didnt see the bumper listed, whats it under?

 

Yeah I am sure that they would, but I did not want to take the CV's off the truck to drill them out.

 

I have a front end with an Aussie locker and 4.88 gears sitting on the garage floor waiting for a rear end with a 4.88. So I'm subscribing.

 

What's the point of using 1/2" bolts? Its not like they are going to break if you use 3/8" or 7/16" haha

 

Overkill basically. Why not use bigger bolts?

FYI, 7/16"(11.1125mm) is much closer to the size of the studs(12mm) than 3/8"(9.525mm). But 1/2"(12.7mm)is even closer.

 

I tried to find 12mm, but no one around here had them. 7/16 was the closest I could find. I figured that 1/2 would be better, but I did not want to pull my CV's out drill them out.

 

Well obviously haha, but in reality its just a waste of time and drill bits to make 1/2" bolts fit, just use 7/16". If you broke them I'd be impressed