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Any of you guys have this happen?
Your out for a leisure ride doing donuts and flying off a small jump repeatedly, then when you finally roll the truck over you notice a screw sitting on the snow and you wonder first, what are the chances of even seeing it on the snow, then the terror of where did that come from!
Got it inside and after a brief exam I saw two missing for an axle tube. No problem I figured, I got lots of screws... then I thought, ouhps, maybe it's broken and the threads are hidden. So I tore it all down to find the bolts was gone but it took the threads out of the diff housing, and the other two where damaged as well.
Checked for the parts and I can get the housing, but I can't stop wondering if I can tap a bigger bolt into the hole or even drill and put a heli coil thread repair insert.
I really doubt there is enough meat left to do that just wondering.
Your out for a leisure ride doing donuts and flying off a small jump repeatedly, then when you finally roll the truck over you notice a screw sitting on the snow and you wonder first, what are the chances of even seeing it on the snow, then the terror of where did that come from!
Got it inside and after a brief exam I saw two missing for an axle tube. No problem I figured, I got lots of screws... then I thought, ouhps, maybe it's broken and the threads are hidden. So I tore it all down to find the bolts was gone but it took the threads out of the diff housing, and the other two where damaged as well.
Checked for the parts and I can get the housing, but I can't stop wondering if I can tap a bigger bolt into the hole or even drill and put a heli coil thread repair insert.
I really doubt there is enough meat left to do that just wondering.