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Old Feb 22, 2021 | 08:35 PM
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Default Diff pin lock bolt stripped

New to forums, I was trying to take out the axle shafts and my diff pin lock bolt stripped on the first turn of the wrench and can’t get it off and I have no idea what to do.
Any advice?
Old Feb 22, 2021 | 11:16 PM
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I'd try a stout pair of big Vice Grips to latch onto the head and let me pull as I wiggled the bolt or twisted it left.

If you can get a prybar under the head to try wedging it out as you turn it with a ratchet.

Been doing any one wheel burn outs? Spider gears riding on the cross shaft can get hot and seize to the cross shaft twisting it and shearing the lock pin.

Last edited by tbear853; Feb 22, 2021 at 11:20 PM.
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