So i noticed today on my 1994 2wd Pickup 4cyl that a lug bolt (Rear Drivers side) was broken off... did a replacement, but upon inspecting and trying to crank it down i realized the splines are stripped out. I am thinking of just JB welding it in tommorow as a quick fix, but i was looking for A rear hub assembly and came up with nothing! I was even looking for a part number and couldn't find it! Do i have to replace the whole axle to fix one stripped out bolt spline? HELP!

 

The splines are on the stud the hole in the axle is just a smooth hole. Your new stud did have splines on the base??

possible you got the wrong one??

If the hole in the axle was oval shaped or over sized yes you would need to replace the whole axle .

Being you have a Toyota and strange things always get done to them. Does your vehicle indeed have some sort of rear hubs instead of normal axles??

 

I got the right lug im pretty sure. it DID have splines. but the hub also looks like it once had splines as well. i can see the faint ribbing with the lug knocked out. however when i feel inside with a finger it is pretty smooth. the hole doesnt look oval.

so i did JB weld it in place. im not entirely sure how the hub attaches to the axle. just to clarify... is a "normal" rear wheel hub part of the axle or axle assembly and not its own part. it seems like it. but i have never dealt with rear hubs before. it seems stupid to have to replace the whole axle assembly if the hub goes bad.

oh well... as long as that JB weld does its job i wont have to think about it. man i love that stuff...

 

I am not real sure what your talking about.

you have the complete rear differential housing which the brake backing plates are attached to . The rear drive shaft . The suspension parts. etc

In this is the drive axle which has the holes the studs go through this goes into the differential and is held in place by the bearing.

Some people use the term axle in talking about anything to do with either the drive axle or the whole housing.

When the stud is removed from the axle shaft it leaves faint marks in the hole pretty much just brake dirt.

 

ok so from what you just said the axle IS actually the part that the studs are attached to. so that answers my question. i was just thinking there should be a seperate housing for the back hub, but i would be wrong. about the splines not being on the hub, i can accept that it might just be marks from the stud. so what you saying is there is no reason for me to JB weld it... well it was spinning.... or seemed to be so i JB welded it.

 

I have changed more then I care to think about .

I just use a flat nut and pull then in with the 1/2 " impact.

Unless you got the wrong stud which is possible if they were put away wrong.

One of those things hard to tell without being there.

Perhaps the hole was over size to start could be why the last one failed.