D30 knuckle bolt size

d10shun

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Az

• Apr 11, 2006

• #1

What size is the lower castle nut on the knuckle for my '95 d30? Whole knuckle,rotor, brake bracket broke in my driveway, pics to come when I get home.

 

d10shun

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Az

• Apr 11, 2006

• #2

WTF?

Hardcore curb wheeling...

I must have taken that curb at at LEAST 1mph.

I have a donor vehicle available. My idea is to remove the two large castle nuts and slide out the whole unit and replace it with the donor.

 

IntrepidXJ

NAXJA Member #647

Location

Grand Junction, CO

• Apr 11, 2006

• #3

1 1/8" IIRC

 

langer1

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Mineral City,Ohio

• Apr 11, 2006

• #4

My idea is to remove the two large castle nuts and slide out the whole unit and replace it with the donor.
That ain't gona work

 

d10shun

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Az

• Apr 12, 2006

• #5

1 1/8" is correct for the nut. Do the large bolts have to be pressed out? Is there another way to remove these?

 

langer1

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Mineral City,Ohio

• Apr 12, 2006

• #6

Drive the hole thing down.

 

d10shun

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Az

• Apr 12, 2006

• #7

langer1 said:

Drive the hole thing down.

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Not sure what you mean. COuld you be more specific?

 

IntrepidXJ

NAXJA Member #647

Location

Grand Junction, CO

• Apr 12, 2006

• #8

hit the knuckle downwards a few times and it will come off.

 

d10shun

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Az

• Apr 12, 2006

• #9

I used a pickle fork to get it off. The studs are in there differently than I expected.

Okay, so its off. Now I want to know what could have caused this breakage. Were the calipers somehow torquing the knuckle and the metal finally fatigued?

 

langer1

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Mineral City,Ohio

• Apr 12, 2006

• #10

The bolts for the unit hubs failed. When the wheel and rotor came loose it broke the knuckle.
Are those three bolts broke or pulled out?

 

d10shun

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Az

• Apr 12, 2006

• #11

Two of the bolts where sheared off. Now that I am thinking about it, I only found two bolts. The third one is missing.

 

langer1

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Mineral City,Ohio

• Apr 12, 2006

• #12

d10shun said:

Two of the bolts where sheared off. Now that I am thinking about it, I only found two bolts. The third one is missing.

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There you go then, get new bolts never reuse those.
And torque them correctly.