I spent hours a couple nights ago to get two bolts undone on my rear driveshaft where it meets the rear differential. One bolt was already switched to a socket head and took a couple minutes. The last one I left in and bent the strap enough for the ujoint to be released.
I was thinking I'd have to figure out a way to replace the bolts with something that didn't suck. The socket head worked, but wasn't easy. I thought maybe I'd use a bolt with a larger head and shim it up with washers so you could get a ratcheting wrench around it. Then I found a sick solution on Rockauto. Why don't people replace driveshaft bolts with u bolts like these??? https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.ph ... 40&jsn=429
I just found these on RockAuto and had no clue they were an option. Seems like a great solution, but I've never seen anyone do it.
If I had u bolts on there it would have taken minutes instead of hours to do the job.
Here is a video of a guy doing the conversion on a jeep -
I was thinking I'd have to figure out a way to replace the bolts with something that didn't suck. The socket head worked, but wasn't easy. I thought maybe I'd use a bolt with a larger head and shim it up with washers so you could get a ratcheting wrench around it. Then I found a sick solution on Rockauto. Why don't people replace driveshaft bolts with u bolts like these??? https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.ph ... 40&jsn=429
I just found these on RockAuto and had no clue they were an option. Seems like a great solution, but I've never seen anyone do it.
If I had u bolts on there it would have taken minutes instead of hours to do the job.
Here is a video of a guy doing the conversion on a jeep -