It may be "fairly normal" for "some manufacturers" but there's nothing normal about a Jeep or the people who buy them. Granted, I'm new to the Jeep thing and suck at wheeling so that's probably why my drain bolt came loose.
Years ago, I had asked my good friend Jim, the owner of Dynatrac, why his ProRock axles didn't come with drain plugs like some manufacturers include. You know, because for them, it's "fairly normal". After he stopped laughing, he reminded me of all the times that we've seen these drain bolts work themselves free and horror stories related to them. We even talked about how people back in the day used to do things like weld shit up to the bottom of the housing to recesses the bolts to help protect them and how it still didn't keep them from backing out. Of course, a lot of this is due to the fact that the drain bolts use a pipe thread - time and use on the rocks would still work them out. But hey, if it wasn't seen on one of the forums, it clearly has never happened. :crazyeyes: