ALL MEMBERS! Please Read, IMPORTANT! Reply #15 – July 08, 2007, 12:53:55 PM The driveshaft and were cleaned with degreaser and a brush. The bolts were new. The loctite was new. I wouldn't have a made a big deal about this if it wasn't unusual.I cut/pasted the original post and simply didn't get the line about the loctite.Why are you such an @$$ to everybody? Quote Selected
ALL MEMBERS! Please Read, IMPORTANT! Reply #16 – July 08, 2007, 03:16:08 PM Ahh, new bolts & clean surfaces - that probably contributed to the loostening. The old rusty old bolts seem to lock in place pretty well for me - I've had the D/S off no less than 15 times in the past 8 years. I did find one bolt not super tight once, but that was because they are so ed difficult to tighten at times and I slacked it. Definitely use loctite though! I never have, but like I said - my bolts are quite snug with surface rust :D Quote Selected
ALL MEMBERS! Please Read, IMPORTANT! Reply #17 – July 08, 2007, 03:17:16 PM So the "too" clean problem, eh? Quote Selected
ALL MEMBERS! Please Read, IMPORTANT! Reply #18 – July 14, 2007, 06:50:10 AM Anything particularly special about your driveshaft that someone might have tried to steal it? Gold u-joints? Diamond bearings? Quote Selected
ALL MEMBERS! Please Read, IMPORTANT! Reply #19 – July 14, 2007, 11:28:13 AM No. I think we determined that the new bolts might not have been up to snuff or maybe I didn't put the driveshaft back on the in the same spot. I now have 4 original bolts (cleaned up) with red loctite in there. Quote Selected
ALL MEMBERS! Please Read, IMPORTANT! Reply #20 – July 14, 2007, 07:31:18 PM I had the same thing happen to my 88 two years ago. I didn't even feel a vibration, though - I fluked into the problem when getting the car safety inspected (the mechanic doing the inspection didn't even notice it, I did). I'd never had the drive shaft out, so it must have been the previous owner. I reinstalled 'em with red Loctite and they stayed put until I did the rear swap this past winter. Red loctite is designed to be "permanent" but it will release with a bit of heat (not even a lot of heat - I think the tube says "450 degrees", quite attainable with a propane torch). Don't even think of trying to remove the bolts without heat though - they would not even budge for me. Quote Selected
ALL MEMBERS! Please Read, IMPORTANT! Reply #21 – July 14, 2007, 11:52:05 PM Quote from: Thunder Chicken;160788I had the same thing happen to my 88 two years ago. I didn't even feel a vibration, though - I fluked into the problem when getting the car safety inspected (the mechanic doing the inspection didn't even notice it, I did). I'd never had the drive shaft out, so it must have been the previous owner. I reinstalled 'em with red Loctite and they stayed put until I did the rear swap this past winter. Red loctite is designed to be "permanent" but it will release with a bit of heat (not even a lot of heat - I think the tube says "450 degrees", quite attainable with a propane torch). Don't even think of trying to remove the bolts without heat though - they would not even budge for me.same geat application goes for some of your drive shaft ujoints usually in pickups. there will be a hole in each knuckle that is filled with some sort of plastic which was in liquid form at the factory. when it dries,, its done,,, no ujoint coming out with simple tools. You gotta heat that mother up till it all melts out or just live with the vibration.ive never had this problem with loc tite,,, matter of fact, ignore torque specs for ds bolts,, just fugging tighten them mothers up with a breaker bar and the correct 12/16pt socket.now on drive shafts with reguard to pickups i mentioned,, if you dont know how to put a drive shaft back "in phase" you will not keep bolts in nor will you ever be able to get rid of vibration until you learn this. Typically this applies to a two piece drive shaft with a CV joint and possibly a carrier. Quote Selected
ALL MEMBERS! Please Read, IMPORTANT! Reply #22 – July 14, 2007, 11:57:03 PM Quote from: Aerobird Motorsports;159457The driveshaft and were cleaned with degreaser and a brush. The bolts were new. The loctite was new. I wouldn't have a made a big deal about this if it wasn't unusual.I cut/pasted the original post and simply didn't get the line about the loctite.Why are you such an @$$ to everybody?hes never been a @$$ to me. i suppose he and i were wondering the same thing,, why didnt you find it note worthy to say "and i even used loc-tite"just an observation,, i wouldnt have brought it up but now that is was, i agree people should know even with loc-tite this happend.perhaps your problem might be found at the flair nut on that roundy do hicky that your ds attaches to on the rear end. that nut is kind of a one time use "cursh" or "flair" type nut. if its loose needs snugged, this my be why it happened. Id say you might wanna check play in that input to the rear end. you could take the nut out and beat the end of it inward evenly around the tappered end and see if that helps if you find it loose. engage your emergency brake while fooling with this or your lible to roll the car on top of yourself.nevertheless,, when good ole loc-tite isnt available,, ding up the threads in the middle of the bolt and they will stay put,,,, or as said,,,, a little rust goes a long way also. Quote Selected
ALL MEMBERS! Please Read, IMPORTANT! Reply #23 – July 17, 2007, 01:23:58 PM Hey Mike, just wanted to thank you for posting this. When I rebuilt the Trac-Lok this past weekend I remembered this post. Sure enough, 1 of the bolts was backed halfway out, and another was very loose. I tightened them good, and will apply loc-tite next week when I get a chance. Quote Selected
ALL MEMBERS! Please Read, IMPORTANT! Reply #24 – July 17, 2007, 05:55:39 PM well i guess ill locktite my new driveshaft bolts whenever i get the old ones out:hick: Quote Selected
ALL MEMBERS! Please Read, IMPORTANT! Reply #25 – July 18, 2007, 11:11:31 PM cross-threadin's tight isnt it?? Quote Selected
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