Guess where these came from?
 

Care to guess where I got these 4 very special bolts from?

Axle tube bolts.

Ez outs looked like they were your friend

You guys are no fun! 3 of the bolts came from axle tubes, the short one came from one of the front transmission braces. Literally there was 1 bolt and the brake rods holding the transmission in--No wonder the driveshaft came flying out and took out the hydraulic lines! I heated the two bolts that were stuck out just enough to grab with vise grips, they screwed right out. The other axle tube bolt was broken off below flush. I heated it 3 times and tried to move it with a punch, no luck. Strapped the housing on the mill table and put a hole in for ease-out, took a little elbow grease but it screwed right out. The fourth bolt was broken halfway down the hole, kind of weird, it screwed out the easiest. All the threads are in great shape. Got to make a big parts order Mon. so I can get this 782 back together. I've got bad wear on the input shaft/charge pump where it hooks to the driveshaft. Plan is to open it up and rebuild the shaft, probably turn or grind it down and then bore and sleeve the mating part to match.

It's hardened so grinder or carbide tool.
Most times easier to pick up a used hydro on ebay.
Found an input shaft/bearing there for $15 this past spring.
most of those shafts are the same unless they are the splined type:beerchug:

Grade 5 bolts on axle housing just bad locktite in aluminum heat it up till it smokes and it will come out :)

Well that sucks:bash2: But glad you got the bolts out without any damage.:beerchug:

Thanks for the input guys. Are you guys using Loctite when you put them back together, if so Red or Blue?

Good work.:beerchug: