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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: 75starflight on June 21, 2018, 09:51:44 AM

Title: Vehicle axle u-bolts
Post by: 75starflight on June 21, 2018, 09:51:44 AM

Like a lot of us I drive an older tow rig. After seeing the rear axle u-bolts break on a pickup at work I decided I should change the u-bolts on my 1999 GMC Yukon with 220,000 miles.

When I removed the original u-bolts I found something scary and it could have eventually been catastrophic. The u-bolts were rusted down to 1/4" from 5/8", and all but two twisted off when removing them. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180621/ea4d6496af29b5d45ba49fbba9ca7dbb.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180621/b52c4481fe6b3574c5cb3b64433696db.jpg)

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Title: Re: Vehicle axle u-bolts
Post by: dorelse on June 21, 2018, 09:57:20 AM

Wow...glad you found it now!

Title: Re: Vehicle axle u-bolts
Post by: Glastronjohn18 on June 21, 2018, 04:58:10 PM

Good save... and Good Advice.  Glad you caught them in time.