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My bolts on the stock torque tube rear axle in a 1951 Chevy have been beat to hell. My question is are they welded to the inside of the axle housing. How big of a deal is it to change them out?

Remove the old ones with a B F H. Insert new grade 8 bolts from the inside and tack weld the heads to the housing. Problem solved!
Jerry

What bolts are you talking about?
Bolts, Group number 5.367
or
Rear Spring Seat Eye Bolts, Group number 5.404
illustration
or Rear Spring Seat u-bolts
48-51 Shop Manual page 1
page 2

Thanks, Jorb

The responses to the original poster seem to be referring to 5.367 (I guess/think those are the bolts, but, I wonder as you do).

The 5.367 the one that is in the housing. I took the bolts out today fairly easily, now I am going to try and find a set of new ones or take 4 out of the top of another rear axle. Thanks for your help.

Just curious.
On the end of the bolt that is on the inside of the axle housing.
Did the bolt have a hex head or a nut?
Is the housing threaded?
How did you remove the bolt?
What do think caused the bolts to be beat to hell?

They were not threaded looks more like a wheel stud with barbs on it. Came out with putting a nut and hammering it out. I took 4 out tonight without damaging the threads on a old rear axle. Not sure if the barbs will be enough to hold it but should tell tomorrow. I think most rear axle have the 3-4 lower bolts damaged just from hitting some debris or people put a jack under the axle in a bad spot.

Sounds like a specialized bolt, just for that application.
Master Parts Catalog Shows
1929-54 pass 1/2 ton Bolt, housing to carrier 3/8 - 24 x 1 3/32 part# 348402
That seems to small of a bolt.
Is that what you have a 3/8 bolts ?
MPC list other parts numbers. But without sizes.

Something like THIS bolt.
The above link says the bolt is for passenger car axles, it might also work for truck axles.
I don't know if the lug is for the wheel nut or the axle housing to carrier nut.

Okay I have fixed two today so if anyone else goes through this problem. Here is what I found out, there are 2 different size bolts in the housing to compensate for the thickness in a few parts. I called everywhere and no one had correct ones I could find and I didn't want to take a $30 gamble. So I took 4 bolts out of another rear axle by taking the nut loose and leaving the nut on enough to hit it but not mess up the threads. Put them in by starting them and hitting them with a punch and hammer them having a flat washer and put a nut on other side and crank them in.

Check out Obsolete Chevy Parts Co
BOLT, HOUSING TO CARRIER NOS Part#:348402

When you say different size bolts, length or diameter?

Thanks for posting that site. Haven't been there before. What a goofy site layout though. I had trouble with the search. Didn't think it was working but finally arrowed waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down the page and saw the results. Never did get anything when specifying more info. Maybe just didn't wait long enough. I'll give it a try another time.

Dennis

DennisM,

You might already know this, but your last post make think that you might not be aware of something.
Any underlined blue colored Text, there is something called Hyperlinking or a webpage link behind the Text.
When you click on a underlined blue colored Text, a new tab or browser opens to a specific webpage, related to the conversation at hand.

Example: My last post showed this Hyperlink below.
BOLT, HOUSING TO CARRIER NOS

Did you click on the underlined blue colored Text link?
It should link you to the item on Obsolete Chevy Parts Co website.
I essentially did the search for you and provided the link in a Text.

Here is the link without Text.
http://www.parts123.com/parts123/yb...0SZWFE76238211480d~Z5Z5Z5~Z5Z5Z50000089x

Or
http://www.parts123.com/parts123/yb.dll?parta~dyndetail~Z5Z5Z50000089x~Z5Z5Z598060~P0.00~~~~S46O0SZWFE76238211480d~Z5Z5Z5~Z5Z5Z50000089x

Disregard this post if info already known.

Yep, got it on the linking. I just did some experimenting. I normally have my zoom at 150%. Selecting 29-72 Chev Trucks returns what is like putting 50 blank pages in front of what is returned. If I switch to 100% then it returns as I would expect. The moral of the story with that site is use 100%. Thanks jorb.

Dennis