half shaft nyloc nuts

[johnpbransfield]

am fitting halfshafts on new build,

lhs.went on easy using scissor method with metal bar and torque wrench

rhs started ok shaft end has just started protruding through nyloc nut

but is now nearly impossible to move..dont think it is cross threaded as it started easy plus everything looks flush.just very tight.

Do i carry on or wait till brakes are bled with handbreak on and use more leaverage..

Your comments as always will be most appreciated

[Colin Mill]

Hi John

 

I seem to remember that the nylocs were rather tight and one was a lot worse than the other but I got them seated with the 18 inch shifter I normally only attack the tractor with. (not a really good tool for the job but I avoided marking the nuts). Finished the job by getting a 41mm socket from tooled-up.com for under 9 quid. (see http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=28507 ). Its single hex so will stand hell. That and a 2 ft breaker bar did the trick. Torqued them up by standing on bathroom scales and looking for 100 lb of weight loss/gain with the bar out horizontal and gripping the very end of the bar - good enough for goverment work.

 

Have fun!

 

Oh, yes, someone standing on the footbrake saves winding the car out of the garage.

 

Edited by - Colin Mill on 14 May 2005 18:23:15