Rear Axle Shaft loose bolts

[Pulidoa]

I have a 2002 dodge ram 3500 rear axle shaft bolts keep breaking loose. Replaced bolts, added loctie and problem persists. notices bolts come loose quicker when truck has a load. Any recommendations on how to fix issue?

[NIsaacs]

Sounds like your wheel bearing is loose, did you check it?

[JAG1]

9 hours ago, Pulidoa said:

I have a 2002 dodge ram 3500 rear axle shaft bolts keep breaking loose. Replaced bolts, added loctie and problem persists. notices bolts come loose quicker when truck has a load. Any recommendations on how to fix issue?

Are you talking about the 6 or 8 small bolts that hold the end cap of the axle on there and are visible when the hub cap is removed?

[Evan]

Maybe the pinion nuts backed of little and is allowing the gears to walk in and out of eachother causing a vibration that is harmonically removing bolts slowly. 

 

This happened on my dana 80 took me a long time to track it . This also ate my gears.  I'm still running it but getting tons of metal dust nd chunks. I may upgrade to a dana70 when my 80 goes. Damn thing just keeps going but is eating itself. 

 

I did think wheel bears. Checked both sides multiple times.

The have that little staple thing that keeps the axle nut from backing off I think that cant come off because the axle bolt flange keeps it from backing out.  I think.

I had done rear rotors nd thought I'd reinstalled bearings without the correct preload.  Almost all things come back to what I ws just working on this why I kept going back to wheel bearings.  

 

Edited March 26, 2020 by Evan