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Originally Posted by SG4247
Both sides are not threaded.
The early 370 had threads in the drive axle hole and a through hole in the side flange. Bolts are installed from the pumpkin side, which is a PITA. This was reversed in later models, where the side flanges were threaded and the through holes where in the axles. I belive this change was made to improve tooling and reduce assembly cost at the vehicle assembly plant.
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The pic you posted is the original setup on mine (2009). With the swap of the 2017 pumpkin on first install I had threads on the short shafts (original) and threads on the output shafts (new). This obviously wouldn't work as I couldn't torque down the bolts with double threading. So I had to swap the output shafts.