Hello and thank you in advance.
I am referring to a standard Chevy 10-bolt, 1984, 3:73 gearing.
You know that king pin/bolt? The final one before you glue up the cover and fill with oil? The one that holds most everything together?
Well, the threads for that bolt have been eaten out. Also, maybe 50% of the meat of that area has also been removed. None of it was my fault or doing. My "repair" of over a year ago has failed. The repair consisted of a slightly larger bolt rammed into the not-so-threaded shaft bathed in JB weld (i cleaned it as much as possible beforehand) I do not have welding experience nor such tools.
This is my DD and i need to roll. I do not know of the status of this issue as i will crack the pumpkin (Nov. get it?!?) tomorrow an get an assessment in the morning... it is 7pm now and will be rising/getting to work about 8/9 am tmw.
I DO know, however, i will have steel flakes in my gear oil. Sounds like a breakfast for a robot.
Anyone have a better plan than the one stated above? Because that is what i must do, again.
No time to junk yard a gear set, nor time to install. Not going to a "shop" (that's who hogged out the threads). Only thing i can think of is trying to tap the shaft and fitting a bolt with blue threadlock. Or more JB weld. Any ideas? I need to roll. Thank you!
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I'm not sure what your experience level is, but try to re-tap the bolt holes, or insert heli-coils into them if they can't be re-tapped. Then replace ALL of the bolts. As for the metal flakes in the oil, sometimes when they have a lot of miles on them this can happen, but if there are a lot of metal flakes, this could indicate a bigger problem. I hate to say it, but you may have to have it looked at by a professional. Just go easy on the driving until you can get the problem sorted out (no racing, heavy acceleration/braking, off-roading, etc). I am not an automotive mechanic but I'm a marine (boat) tech. The gearcases/transmissions on boats work muck like a differential as far as the design and signs of trouble go.