Broken Pinion Shaft Bolt

[camaro71/holland]

Originally Posted by steve_1978

if your worried about the bolt braking off at the threads why not just heat up the housing a little? simple soloution done it plenty of times and a good wrench also helps

Will help probably, but in most cases the bolt is already broken before you even touch it (from beatings taken from the pinion shaft).

[badazz81z28]

Originally Posted by camaro71/holland

Will help probably, but in most cases the bolt is already broken before you even touch it (from beatings taken from the pinion shaft).

Being that this seems to be the most common bolt that breaks (on me too), I would say so...

[wardracing]

any chance anyone knows what the size of that bolt is on my dana 60. i just pulled the cover the other day of my 70 camaro and it was already broken.

[toadyoty]

Does ARP make this bolt? (they should)

[5spd540]

Originally Posted by toadyoty

Does ARP make this bolt? (they should)

I know I have seen a lot of them broke off

[Bill_K]

The scribe method just worked for me. The broken pin still had one thread remaining so I was able to spin it right out. Total time for job about two minutes.
The pin holding the side gears had to be driven out too, it is badly scored. This rear was badly abused before it became my property.
Thank you to everyone that contributed to this thread. Your advice solved my problem.

Bill