So yesterday I was nearly done with putting up my new rear and new suspension stuff and about the only thing i have left to do is attach the driveshaft to the rearend. I figure thats a pretty simple task, so I asked my dad if he could do that while I was doing something else... Well apparently what happened is while he was tightening the driveshaft to the rear, the 4 bolts were VERY hard to get in, He said that they screwed in half way and then all of a sudden got very hard to turn and he was afraid of breaking them. And to make it worse, the driveshaft universal joint ends came out and all the pins fell out... So what do I do now?

 

I reposted this in the correct forum, sorry

 

just get a new "u" joint , bolts , chase threads on yoke , and put back together , no big deal .

 

I hope you found all those pins, you can put them back in (they line the walls) and slap the caps back on. Its happened to me before and it worked fine after *shrug* As far as the bolts, did they strip? You're gonna need to take them out and find out. Hope not. Next time tell pops to thread them in with his fingers first so he can feel if they bind (or not). Good luck!