I need a u-joint bolt
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It looks like Advance has a kit for $5. Just double check it is right.
http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web...S_634028378___
http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web...S_634028378___
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Last edited by Joe C; Jun 5, 2010 at 07:07 PM.
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Yeah, I'm gonna use the blue threadlock by Permatex. That stuff is expensive. Something around $6 for a micro small tube.
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The short shaft can do some serious damage in a short period of time if you let it....
$6.00 now doesn't sound so expensive, does it?
Gibby
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Joe, there are 2 strap kits that fit a 1350 series yoke. One fits only a 1350 and is metric, the other fits some 1350s & 1410 series. Everything is the same except for the bolts. The later uses a 5/16 x 3/4", 24 pitch, grade 8 bolt. It also has a higher torque threshold. These are the one for Vettes.
I went crazy trying to find these bolts when I needed them, even going to a commercial fastner place nearby. I ended up getting some metric & SAE nuts and bolts to match up to the strap bolts in order to find the right sizes, and differentiate between the 2.. The rest I verified through catalogs. The parts stores will all show the metric bolts - which don't fit. The threads on both are so close that the metric bolts will feel like the right ones, except they'll go in very tight and eventually strip or gall. I say this with 95% certainty to save anyone else the confusion.
If anyone's not sure, buy a 5/16 24 pitch nut and a 8mm x 1.0 pitch nut and you'll see the difference.
I went crazy trying to find these bolts when I needed them, even going to a commercial fastner place nearby. I ended up getting some metric & SAE nuts and bolts to match up to the strap bolts in order to find the right sizes, and differentiate between the 2.. The rest I verified through catalogs. The parts stores will all show the metric bolts - which don't fit. The threads on both are so close that the metric bolts will feel like the right ones, except they'll go in very tight and eventually strip or gall. I say this with 95% certainty to save anyone else the confusion.
If anyone's not sure, buy a 5/16 24 pitch nut and a 8mm x 1.0 pitch nut and you'll see the difference.
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JW, Not nearly as expensive then to repair damage if the bolt flies out on you because you skimped out on a $6.00 tube of lock-tite!
The short shaft can do some serious damage in a short period of time if you let it....
$6.00 now doesn't sound so expensive, does it?
Gibby
The short shaft can do some serious damage in a short period of time if you let it....
$6.00 now doesn't sound so expensive, does it?
Gibby
I do like puting blue threadlock on bolts that need it. Though, the PO had the ujoints replaced and when I pulled the bolts. They had the factory drilock on them, so the PO didn't clean it off and put new thread lock. As I believe that drilock is shot when you pull the bolt.
Also, all the caliper bolts had the factory drilock on them too. But I went ahead and cleaned them off with a wire wheel and put blue thread lock on them.
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Joe, there are 2 strap kits that fit a 1350 series yoke. One fits only a 1350 and is metric, the other fits some 1350s & 1410 series. Everything is the same except for the bolts. The later uses a 5/16 x 3/4", 24 pitch, grade 8 bolt. It also has a higher torque threshold. These are the one for Vettes.
I went crazy trying to find these bolts when I needed them, even going to a commercial fastner place nearby. I ended up getting some metric & SAE nuts and bolts to match up to the strap bolts in order to find the right sizes, and differentiate between the 2.. The rest I verified through catalogs. The parts stores will all show the metric bolts - which don't fit. The threads on both are so close that the metric bolts will feel like the right ones, except they'll go in very tight and eventually strip or gall. I say this with 95% certainty to save anyone else the confusion.
If anyone's not sure, buy a 5/16 24 pitch nut and a 8mm x 1.0 pitch nut and you'll see the difference.
I went crazy trying to find these bolts when I needed them, even going to a commercial fastner place nearby. I ended up getting some metric & SAE nuts and bolts to match up to the strap bolts in order to find the right sizes, and differentiate between the 2.. The rest I verified through catalogs. The parts stores will all show the metric bolts - which don't fit. The threads on both are so close that the metric bolts will feel like the right ones, except they'll go in very tight and eventually strip or gall. I say this with 95% certainty to save anyone else the confusion.
If anyone's not sure, buy a 5/16 24 pitch nut and a 8mm x 1.0 pitch nut and you'll see the difference.
i just checked the parts catalog, and it seems that the drive shaft uses 5/16x24 bolts you've identified. the halfshafts use the metric bolts i've identified. damn, you learn something new every day...
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Actually, and now that you mention it, I'm talking about the half-shafts 
. I assume too often since the half-shaft joints are always the problem. I don't know for certain if the driveshaft strap bolts are different. I can tell you that the catalogs I've come across are wrong, in that they all list a metric bold for the half-shaft straps..
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Actually, and now that you mention it, I'm talking about the half-shafts . I assume too often since the half-shaft joints are always the problem. I don't know for certain if the driveshaft strap bolts are different. I can tell you that the catalogs I've come across are wrong, in that they all list a metric bold for the half-shaft straps..I noticed on the ujoint by the transmission, the grease has slung out of the caps. Though, I don't think those ujoints rotate in the caps, the whole ujoint just spins.
