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Torqued up very tight, in fact a lot may not have reached the correct torque if done at home without a big tool.
I did wonder if the left hand thread was really necessary at the recommended torque. Following on from Simon's comment about Honda crankshaft bolts, never ever known one come undone at their torque.
Rolls Royce and RAF instructions were a minimum of 3 visible threads showing on nylocs/oddies in my pre-history days.
But, I would always use a new nut on refitting especially at a fiver a throw.;)
I did wonder if the left hand thread was really necessary at the recommended torque. Following on from Simon's comment about Honda crankshaft bolts, never ever known one come undone at their torque.
Rolls Royce and RAF instructions were a minimum of 3 visible threads showing on nylocs/oddies in my pre-history days.
But, I would always use a new nut on refitting especially at a fiver a throw.;)
Edited by N7GTX on Friday 14th October 15:13
N7GTX said:
Torqued up very tight, in fact a lot may not have reached the correct torque if done at home without a big tool.
I did wonder if the left hand thread was really necessary at the recommended torque. Following on from Simon's comment about Honda crankshaft bolts, never ever known one come undone at their torque.
Rolls Royce and RAF instructions were a minimum of 3 visible threads showing on nylocs/oddies in my pre-history days.
But, I would always use a new nut on refitting especially at a fiver a throw.;)
Don't trust anything that RAF Engineers publish, l see them at work Monday to Friday and it does not fill anyone with a sense of confidenceI did wonder if the left hand thread was really necessary at the recommended torque. Following on from Simon's comment about Honda crankshaft bolts, never ever known one come undone at their torque.
Rolls Royce and RAF instructions were a minimum of 3 visible threads showing on nylocs/oddies in my pre-history days.
But, I would always use a new nut on refitting especially at a fiver a throw.;)
Edited by N7GTX on Friday 14th October 15:13
.Stick with Royces their proper engineers
Edited by portzi on Friday 14th October 15:45
mk1fan said:
And their torqued on 3-4 times more than a wheel nut.
Agree with this and Richards comment, if the wheel nuts coming loose on the nearside of a vehicle was a known issue then in my 32 years in the motor trade I would of heard about it QBee 
your trailer wheel bolts either came loose because of a problem with the fastener i.e lack of stud to nut protrusion, incorrect/mismatched angle/chamfer of the wheel and nut used or a combination of both, or you just did not do the wheel nuts tight enough in the 1st place 
Edited by Sardonicus on Friday 14th October 15:50
phazed said:
TwinKam said:
Peter, I'm guessing you've not got a big windy-gun, but if you'd've refitted the wheel and lowered it to the ground, you could've removed that nut intact! 
No can do.The shaft was sheared just on the other side of the hub. So the nut was bolted on to the short section of stub axle which was sheared just inside the hub. As you turned the nut ,it's just spun in the bearing.
...but spun along with the drive flange, surely? From your pic it broke between the joint and the splines, the splines are still attached to the threaded section (from which you want to undo the nut). The splines are engaged in the hub ...so prevent the hub from turning and you can undo the nut... surely? 
TwinKam said:
...but spun along with the drive flange, surely? From your pic it broke between the joint and the splines, the splines are still attached to the threaded section (from which you want to undo the nut). The splines are engaged in the hub ...so prevent the hub from turning and you can undo the nut... surely? 
the car its done and dusted he dont hang around its already back on the road 
TwinKam said:
...but spun along with the drive flange, surely? From your pic it broke between the joint and the splines, the splines are still attached to the threaded section (from which you want to undo the nut). The splines are engaged in the hub ...so prevent the hub from turning and you can undo the nut... surely? phazed said:
TwinKam said:
...but spun along with the drive flange, surely? From your pic it broke between the joint and the splines, the splines are still attached to the threaded section (from which you want to undo the nut). The splines are engaged in the hub ...so prevent the hub from turning and you can undo the nut... surely? N7GTX said:
Torqued up very tight, in fact a lot may not have reached the correct torque if done at home without a big tool.
I did wonder if the left hand thread was really necessary at the recommended torque. Following on from Simon's comment about Honda crankshaft bolts, never ever known one come undone at their torque.
Rolls Royce and RAF instructions were a minimum of 3 visible threads showing on nylocs/oddies in my pre-history days.
But, I would always use a new nut on refitting especially at a fiver a throw.;)
i bought a new torque wrench just for this purposeI did wonder if the left hand thread was really necessary at the recommended torque. Following on from Simon's comment about Honda crankshaft bolts, never ever known one come undone at their torque.
Rolls Royce and RAF instructions were a minimum of 3 visible threads showing on nylocs/oddies in my pre-history days.
But, I would always use a new nut on refitting especially at a fiver a throw.;)
Edited by N7GTX on Friday 14th October 15:13
Discopotatoes said:
N7GTX said:
Torqued up very tight, in fact a lot may not have reached the correct torque if done at home without a big tool.
I did wonder if the left hand thread was really necessary at the recommended torque. Following on from Simon's comment about Honda crankshaft bolts, never ever known one come undone at their torque.
Rolls Royce and RAF instructions were a minimum of 3 visible threads showing on nylocs/oddies in my pre-history days.
But, I would always use a new nut on refitting especially at a fiver a throw.;)
i bought a new torque wrench just for this purposeI did wonder if the left hand thread was really necessary at the recommended torque. Following on from Simon's comment about Honda crankshaft bolts, never ever known one come undone at their torque.
Rolls Royce and RAF instructions were a minimum of 3 visible threads showing on nylocs/oddies in my pre-history days.
But, I would always use a new nut on refitting especially at a fiver a throw.;)
Edited by N7GTX on Friday 14th October 15:13
portzi said:
Discopotatoes said:
N7GTX said:
Torqued up very tight, in fact a lot may not have reached the correct torque if done at home without a big tool.
I did wonder if the left hand thread was really necessary at the recommended torque. Following on from Simon's comment about Honda crankshaft bolts, never ever known one come undone at their torque.
Rolls Royce and RAF instructions were a minimum of 3 visible threads showing on nylocs/oddies in my pre-history days.
But, I would always use a new nut on refitting especially at a fiver a throw.;)
i bought a new torque wrench just for this purposeI did wonder if the left hand thread was really necessary at the recommended torque. Following on from Simon's comment about Honda crankshaft bolts, never ever known one come undone at their torque.
Rolls Royce and RAF instructions were a minimum of 3 visible threads showing on nylocs/oddies in my pre-history days.
But, I would always use a new nut on refitting especially at a fiver a throw.;)
Edited by N7GTX on Friday 14th October 15:13
About 6 weeks before its retirement, XH558 overflew my grandchildren's birthday party in our garden at about 150 feet (it felt like 15 feet), on its approach run to overfly the Newark Showground. It was so close, and absolutely overhead, you felt you could see the individual rivets.
No warning, no time to get the camera out, there was just a roar and it appeared over the hedge. Evocative beyond words.
Did the 40 or so kids (aged 4 - 8) even notice? Nope.
Did the mums stop talking long enough to notice? Nope.
Did the dads and granddads notice - you bet we did. Big grins all round.
I often find myself, in my home office, working to the sound of six Merlin engines as the BBMF head off to another air show down south - we are right on the flight path as they navigate visually by the A46 and A1. Ditto the Red Arrows. I guess I must be getting old, because the sound of those engines move me so much that typing becomes very hit and miss, as it is now, thinking about what they mean to me.
No warning, no time to get the camera out, there was just a roar and it appeared over the hedge. Evocative beyond words.
Did the 40 or so kids (aged 4 - 8) even notice? Nope.
Did the mums stop talking long enough to notice? Nope.
Did the dads and granddads notice - you bet we did. Big grins all round.
I often find myself, in my home office, working to the sound of six Merlin engines as the BBMF head off to another air show down south - we are right on the flight path as they navigate visually by the A46 and A1. Ditto the Red Arrows. I guess I must be getting old, because the sound of those engines move me so much that typing becomes very hit and miss, as it is now, thinking about what they mean to me.
QBee said:
About 6 weeks before its retirement, XH558 overflew my grandchildren's birthday party in our garden at about 150 feet (it felt like 15 feet), on its approach run to overfly the Newark Showground. It was so close, and absolutely overhead, you felt you could see the individual rivets.
No warning, no time to get the camera out, there was just a roar and it appeared over the hedge. Evocative beyond words.
Did the 40 or so kids (aged 4 - 8) even notice? Nope.
Did the mums stop talking long enough to notice? Nope.
Did the dads and granddads notice - you bet we did. Big grins all round.
I often find myself, in my home office, working to the sound of six Merlin engines as the BBMF head off to another air show down south - we are right on the flight path as they navigate visually by the A46 and A1. Ditto the Red Arrows. I guess I must be getting old, because the sound of those engines move me so much that typing becomes very hit and miss, as it is now, thinking about what they mean to me.
Stop it.No warning, no time to get the camera out, there was just a roar and it appeared over the hedge. Evocative beyond words.
Did the 40 or so kids (aged 4 - 8) even notice? Nope.
Did the mums stop talking long enough to notice? Nope.
Did the dads and granddads notice - you bet we did. Big grins all round.
I often find myself, in my home office, working to the sound of six Merlin engines as the BBMF head off to another air show down south - we are right on the flight path as they navigate visually by the A46 and A1. Ditto the Red Arrows. I guess I must be getting old, because the sound of those engines move me so much that typing becomes very hit and miss, as it is now, thinking about what they mean to me.
My little cottage in the country is about a mile or so from Old Buckenham airfield... One of the professionals (as in Bodie & Doyle and who's shown me round the plane) keeps his Stearman there... If I'm in the garden I always know it's the Stearman coming over, that huge radial engine in the nose is so distinctive... Stunning looking bright yellow bi-plane
The annual air show is a delight.. If I'm home I can drink beer and fire up the bbq and watch iconic aircraft fly over the cottage at low altitude from the comfort of my own garden
My BiL was a Jaguar pilot back in the day, and some years ago we went to a family day at Coltishall... For some reason which I can't properly explain I got all damp eyed when the Lancaster and Spitfire did the flyby... Like Anthony, just thinking about it now has made me feel a bit emotional....
And I am completely devoid of any emotion, feminine side, or ghey leanings...
I am a proper bloke, and I deny any rumour of girly feelings. No really.
Ignore the bit above about being damp eyed, I made it up.
Did I mention I've just bought an Aston?
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