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What's been done in the past is that folks have pressed the bolts out, shaved the splines down to where the bolt still fits tightly, and used a nut/lockwasher.

Cheap trick that's been around awhile, started with the 80's IFS.


i did exactly this. it worked like a charm!
i would recommend some red loctite threadlocker. i did that and lock washers. it was a cheap fix. all it took was a bench-grinder to grind the splines off. you don't need to take off much.

this allowed me to change my CV's in the woods, if i had to.
just a couple of wrenches and a socket set smile

oh also instead of pressing them out, i put the nuts on the end to protect the threads and beat on the nuts.
don't mangle them up too much though!

'95 Toyota Pickup DX Xtended Cab ~ Daily Driver