75ohm

Cheesehead to hex... same specs except for type.

Thoughts, comments, suggestions, or just plain old news?

Thanks, 75ohm.

xsboost90

cheeseheads would be better IMHO- if you have the right tool it works great.

75ohm

Dan, what's the advantage here? I can't find any correlation. Tools aside...

VaSteve

I shopped a lot and couldn't find hex head bolts that were the right length to replace the cheeseheads. So, I got more cheeseheads. It's easy to find hex heads for 911s, don't know why not for the 44's

I'm not looking forward to this job.

yellowline

12 surfaces theoretically give the bit a better grip than the 6 of an Allen, so it would be more resistant to stripping. Of course, getting dirt in the head of the bolt keeps you from getting a good grip, and it still strips.

I'd buy the factory bolts. I bought some Allen bolts in bulk from a fastener shop, and they're showing signs of surface rust. The 20 year old factory bolts did not.

75ohm

Point taken and agreed upon - however there is some history to this. When I first got the vehicle and was checking things out noticed that I was missing one bolt on the axle-to-transmission side of the axle and the other was loose on the one set. I pulled the loose one out, took it to NAPA, and said, "I'll take two of these please". The supposed original was a hex. Assumptions were made that all were hex at this point and I dismissed the notion. Working with PeteL on his axles and all were cheeseheads (thinking GB Packers every time I type this) and with the dirt and road grime I could easily see where we could be one bad turn from a strip depending on how gunket one the bolts were. Thus, my original question. In knowing how easy it is to strip the camshaft bolt, I posed the question for debate here!

Thanks for the responses thus far.

75ohm.

gtroth

Spray each head with brake cleaner (use the little red tube from WD40). Then blow out each head with compressed air (wear goggles). Get a good tool. Then you'll like the cheeseheads just fine.

75ohm

I've got both the 8MM and 10MM snapon tools for this job and the camshaft bolt... no worries there! Will buy the 12MM when it comes time do do the clutch! Interesting how the ones that had issues were the ones that were replaced. Need to get a count on both ends of both axles that are hex and replace with cheeseheads!

xsboost90

autozone sells a set of 8/10/12 and i think another one- theres four- for like ten bucks. Work great! Thing to do is stick the tool in, tap it lightly w/ a hammer and it works every time.