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the bolts on mywheels are too short. I have 2 inch and need 2 1/4 can't find them anywhere. 7/16 by 2 1/4+.

Jegs
Amazon
Possibly your FLAPS too???

The stud on Amazon is 2 1/8".

Got to be carfull with this. You will need to make sure that the knurl diameter and shank length are correct. Is this with a stock suspension/axles or have you swapped them. that will make a difference as the knurl and shank specs are different. If it's stock, the knurl is .561", the shank is 5/16". You might be able to get away with a longer shank dpending on what wheels you run, and the knurl can be a few thousanths bigger, but you'll want that to be close to OE spec. I did a bit of looking in a Napa book I have, I couldn't come up with anything in 7/16" any longer than about 1 7/8" overall, had to get into 1/2" to get anything longer. I did see a 1/2" stud that was 2 5/16 long with the .561 knurl, but the knurl length is almost 1".

I found the same thing a the NAPA store.. Am going to the hot rod shop today. A related question. I had to drill out the retaining pin in the diff. that holds the one spider gear shaft
so that I could pull the axle. any ideas how to replace it ? I sorta planned on tapping the hole to the next bigger size then fabricating a new post/pin. Anyway I could use epoxy to hold the safety pin in instead of tapping the new hole?

I broke that bolt of on my old 86 half ton. I was getting rid of it anyway, so I scribed a note
on the diff. cover that said it broke off and something like "sorry" or "good luck".

This is a highly impractical solution for what might be a fairly easy part to find in your case, but I had a bolt electrically disintegrated out of a dirtbike chassis one time. The guy was a specialist around here, but there might be someone around you. Ask machine shops for a reference. It's impractical because it cost me 200 bucks, but a new bike frame was around 500.

I can think of one way to fix it, you will have to take the carrier out of the housing to do it easily, though. Get a stock replacement and a Heli-Coil kit in the correct thread size. Heli-Coils are actually stronger than the original threads, so it should work as long as you didn't have to drill it out too much to get the pin out.

Will let you know what happens. the new lugs are going in and will address the locking bolt last. I usually put off the tough things till last.

Thanks.

gazim,

If you have two toads to eat, you should eat the big one first.

I ate them both Lonnie, drilled it out, tapped a bigger hole and locktighted in Drove 100 miles today without any strange sounds coming from the rear.