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| Author: | MattE [ Wed Jan 01, 2014 8:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Noisy CV - loose nut |
Hello. I've been embarrassed and annoyed driving around lately with a noisy LH driveshaft. New year's day brought the opportunity to inspect. To my surprise, it seems that the castle nut backed itself off from the 150lb/ft until it contacted the split pin. So, not a long way at all, but enough to cause a heck of a lot of noise! This time around, I went to the 150lb/ft, then tighter until the next split pin hole appeared. Has anyone else had similar trouble? ie 150lb/ft not enough or nut undoes until the split pin stops it? The whole hub assembly is brand new - ie only 12 months and 1700 miles on them. Cheers Matt |
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| Author: | TheMiniMan [ Thu Jan 02, 2014 7:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Noisy CV - loose nut |
It happens, mostly they simply "settle in". the flange , the bearings, the nut & the split-tapered collar all wear-in over a short time & will need a little "re-tighten" we "re-tighten" everyone-one we do after a few days of running around edit--> just a little trick that often helps stop the nut coming loose--> when fitting it all up, we fit the tapered collar on backwards first,,, tighten the whole lot up that way so the tapered collar doesn`t "Pinch-up" on the cv shaft before it pulls the bearings up tight... then undo the nut, swap the collar around the right way & re-tighten & fit the split pin. . |
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| Author: | diecast [ Thu Jan 02, 2014 7:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Noisy CV - loose nut |
Matt I now follow the CV nut tightening advice you gave a couple of years ago....tighten everything up using a flat washer instead of the tapered one, then refit tapered washer and retorque. Works for me and a great hint, as over the years i have had CV nuts loosening off. |
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| Author: | MattE [ Thu Jan 02, 2014 8:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Noisy CV - loose nut |
Thanks guys. Good to know! |
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