Re: Ring Gear Nuts: Retainers or Lock Washers?


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Posted by Greg Coffin [4.225.213.92] on Sunday, July 01, 2012 at 13:47:56 :

In Reply to: Ring Gear Nuts: Retainers or Lock Washers? posted by Greg Coffin [4.228.135.116] on Sunday, July 01, 2012 at 10:32:37 :

I bought new bolts and nuts. The question is whether to use new lock washers under the nuts, or reuse the old nut retainers, since they seem to be very soft. My concern is that the retainers are soft enough that they may squish (technical term) under load, and loosen the bolt torque, allowing the ring to shift, causing big problems.

When I disassembled this differential, almost all the ring gear nuts were loose. No other problems though.



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