[DeTomaso] the first day (NUTS!)Wheel bearings

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/1/07 10 17 42, guson at home.se writes:
> 
> 
> What seems to have gone wrong in Mike's case is that the washer between the 
> nut and the bearing looks like it's begun to spin. Unless that washer comes 
> loose there is no turning force on the nut and hence no shearing load on the 
> nut. It's important to A: have a healthy tounge on that washer to fit the 
> spindle axle groove and B: not have an oversize washer which flops around on the 
> axle.
> 

>>>That's exactly right.   In fact the tongue on that washer was stripped 
away also.   Rotation of the bearing could thus spin the washer, which in turn 
could turn the nut.

Curiously, the left spindle is reverse thread so that any unwanted rotation 
would tend to tighten, not loosen the nut.   I can only assume that the nut 
loosened while backing out of the garage, and then was loose for the whole drive 
down to San Francisco?   Odd that there were no indications for over an hour 
of driving though.

Mike




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