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Old 01-17-2015, 02:14 AM   #6
mechanicalman
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Re: Pinion Shaft lock bolt broken

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Originally Posted by mgkgmc View Post
I am in the process of switching my axles out on my 12 bolt rearend and when I attempted to remove the Pinion shaft lock bolt it was broken in half. So from what I hear its pretty common to have this happen. So my question is there any tips or tricks you guys may have done to make this as painless as possible to remove it.
Before you do anything, spray WD40 on it, blow it with compressed air, repeat a couple times (blow the WD40 into the threads) then try to walk it out with an O ring pick. I've extracted many that way, but it depends on if it's beaten up or not.
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