So the rear third member has been out of my 4runner many times this year. On the last time one of the studs just started spinning when I tried to tighten the nut down on it.
Does anyone know how these are held on the back side? How the "best" way is to fix these?

 

http://www.trail-gear.com/toy-diffstud.html

 

Very nice. You rock. I appreciate it. So the bolts are just held in by being threaded through the holes.

What is the best way to remove the studs? If the holes are threaded I guess hammering them back and out like a lug stud on a wheel would not be advisable.

 

here ya go

http://www.trail-gear.com/tech/diff-...iff-studs.html

 

Thanks, I saw that, but they just say "remove" all of the studs. No mention of if I should thread them out or just give them a nice pounding. I hate to F it up.

 

no pounding, i believe there threaded.

 

they are threaded, 2 of my studs come out when i pull my third and put it back in....

but the bolt is seized to it so i just tighten down the whole stud, i have tried red loctite but that didn't work at separating the stud from the nut....

 

http://www.trail-gear.com/tech/diff-...fstud1-600.jpg

 

nevermind. wrong thing.

 

Gotcha, I may try tightening the whole stud down and order the trail gear stuff for the next time I have the third out. Right now its just annoying because there is always some oil slowly leaking from the diff. Fortunately, its a really slow leak!


I saw the pics of the allen bolt threaded in, but I wanted to make sure to have a thread kit ready if in reality they expect me to actually drill out the hole where the stud was, thread it, then put the allen bolt in it. Thats much more of a pain in the ass.


Thanks guys! I appreciate the knowledge!