Knuckle oil seal bolts
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2025 10:02 am
Anyone has replaced the knuckle felt/oil seal bolts with normal bolts? The originals have this little shoulder:
Now there is obviously a reason for this, but when I was watching the Low Range Offroad walkthrough of the knuckle rebuild they just stuck so normal flanged bolts in there.
Yes I can reuse some of the old bolts, but a few of them are bent as they may have been the stops for the wheel turning limiter, and replacement bolts are either a. hard to get hold of here in Poland and b. very expensive.
TLDR: Is there really any problems just sticking normal bolts in place of these fancy shoulder ones?
Now there is obviously a reason for this, but when I was watching the Low Range Offroad walkthrough of the knuckle rebuild they just stuck so normal flanged bolts in there.
Yes I can reuse some of the old bolts, but a few of them are bent as they may have been the stops for the wheel turning limiter, and replacement bolts are either a. hard to get hold of here in Poland and b. very expensive.
TLDR: Is there really any problems just sticking normal bolts in place of these fancy shoulder ones?