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ring gear bolts are hard to turn.. broken?

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Old May 26, 2011 | 02:06 PM
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Default ring gear bolts are hard to turn.. broken?

I'm trying to install the tru trac posi traction on my stock gears. I just took off my stock carrier and attempted to remove the ring gear bolts. I can't turn them unless I have a 3 foot long breaker bar and at that they turn and never get loose or show any sign of coming up.. what am I suppose to do?

I hope I don't have to buy a new ring gear..
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Old May 26, 2011 | 02:12 PM
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Dumb question, but you do know that they're reverse threaded, right? I couldn't get mine loose either, called a friend and he told me they were reverse. Came right off after. Haha.
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Old May 26, 2011 | 02:15 PM
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Dumb question, but you do know that they're reverse threaded, right? I couldn't get mine loose either, called a friend and he told me they were reverse. Came right off after. Haha.
omg... why have I not read this anywhere... FML

I tried turning them Clock wise, seemed like they weren't getting loose, but since I thought that they most likely were to be turn counter clockwise I didn't want to keep turning to see what happened

thanks for telling me this lol
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Old May 26, 2011 | 02:40 PM
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ding ding ding.... left hand threads
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