Need to tighten up bolt on rear yoke on front diff

All good advice. I normally just give'r tits with my 3/4" impact until its tight. These diffs normally use solid pinion bearing spacers so no need to worry about pinion bearing preload.

 

Unless you have a minimum access to a 3/4 air impact gun.... I wouldn’t touch it. Been there, done that. Chances you will get hurt using a long breaker bar. Some thing will slip..... again.... been there, done that......

 

Yeah what every one said ...... great advice

 

If you're going to HF, may as well just get the pistol grip 1" gun. Does everything a 3/4" gun can do only better. I have 2 different 1/2" guns that are advertised to have higher torque ratings than my 3/4" gun...hardly ever pick it up anymore. For a big job, I just use the 1" at a lower setting. It's great for U-bolts, too...fits where the big 1" guns like the tire shops use simply won't get to.

 

Everyone steered you in the right direction already, I'll just add one thing. The strap kit bolts have loctite on them. Sometimes it holds pretty good. I have a 12 point universal impact that gets on most of them good, which I will try with a 1/2" impact first. Sometimes they spin right out, but if they are stubborn, don't keep hammering on them. If you have a torch, it just takes a little heat (no need to make them red), just a little heat will melt the loctite and they'll usually spin out just using a wrench. Clean up the yoke threads with a little brake cleaner and air and the new bolts in the strap kit will have locktite already on them.

I've seen too many people keep hammering until they round off the bolt heads. Which isn't a good thing if you're doing this at home with limited tools.