front axle u bold

[remi]

on the front of a dana 60 front what is the part numbers for the front passenger side inner u bolt part

[BILTIT]

Inner is not a u-bolt. Stock is studs and most replace with bolts if changing leaf pack height.

[remi]

yeah my front stud snapped so im kinda in a bind

[BILTIT]

Twist it out, EZ-out if needed and put in bolts. Just watch the bolt length and amount of threads to ensure proper engagement without bottoming out.

[remi]

yeah its down in there so itll be an adventure for the weekend haha

[Mark Nixon]

Is it broken off down in the hole a ways?

If so, that's actually better.

Take a cheap socket that fits as close as possible to the inside diameter of the hole, then use a punch that fits as snug to the hole in the socket as possible and center punch the broken stud.
A transfer punch that fits the hole in the socket would be ideal.

Drill it with a bit @ half the hole's diameter and as straight as possible, then try to use a SQUARE bolt extractor, or the stubby style helix extractor (NOT an E-Z out!) to try to turn it out.
USE HEAT on the casting, if you can do so.
If it wont turn out, then you'll have to basically drill it as thin as possible, then try again, or try to tap new threads.

Mark.

[moab4x4]

Is it broken off down in the hole a ways?

If so, that's actually better.

Take a cheap socket that fits as close as possible to the inside diameter of the hole, then use a punch that fits as snug to the hole in the socket as possible and center punch the broken stud.
A transfer punch that fits the hole in the socket would be ideal.

Drill it with a bit @ half the hole's diameter and as straight as possible, then try to use a SQUARE bolt extractor, or the stubby style helix extractor (NOT an E-Z out!) to try to turn it out.
USE HEAT on the casting, if you can do so.
If it wont turn out, then you'll have to basically drill it as thin as possible, then try again, or try to tap new threads.

Mark.

I agree completely with Mark with the added comment that if you need to drill and tap go ahead and go larger diameter (5/8) and simply drill out your spring plate to match. Studs are a little stronger (cause you can bottom them out and locktite them in good). If you use bolts make sure they go as deep as possible (cut them off or use washers as spacers if you need to). I have abused mine enough that they have been drilled deeper and tapped to 3/4". Grade 8 all-thread from the parts house makes good new studs.

[simplysmn]

Or better yet if your good with a welder build up a haystack of weld and then weld a Nut onto it once you get it high enough then you can just put a socket on the Nut and back it out of the hole

[remi]

got dam simplesnm thats a good i dead im going to do it i weld for a living so im going to give it a shot

[simplysmn]

A buddy showed me that trick on my frontend worked great and we have used that same Idea several times .

[DodgeFreak]

what the hell does a haystack of weld look like

[PToombs]

A haystack made of weld!

[DodgeFreak]

is that like a haystack from the old days where they just mound it, or when they would tie it up, or square bale haystack or round bale haystack or big square haystack.......lil confused lol

[PToombs]

Oh, sorry, an old fashioned mounded one.

And DUH, you can't screw a nut on the square bale shaped haystack, it's square!

[DodgeFreak]

hey he never said anything about screwing on the haystack.....he said to weld a nut on the haystack not screw a nut on the haystack...big difference......