treyeven700
red head step child
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- October 1, 2005
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- City, State
- suffolk, virginia
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 92 xlt
I want to start off with I haven’t posted anything for a while and I have learned allot of useful things from this website and decided it was time to give some useful info back.
Just got back from deployment, and while I was gone, my wife decided to take the kids and some friends to play in the dirt. Well, to make a long story short, the trip was ruined by the passenger tire breaking loose from the spindle smashing the fender.
I have to say, with the amount of time and money invested in hubs rotors and wheel bearings, I could have the sas done, well almost. I have decided to give it one more try with a small mod to the spindle nut, which should work for the long term fix. I have had most of my issues with the passenger side, on two different occasions, the tire fell off due to the spindle nut coming loose. Luckily, I have a few spare parts left over, but they are becoming depleted with all the issues.
Here is what I did.
1) I was really interested in the auto hubs and the issues I didn’t have with them, (I was running 31's w/auto hubs and had no issues with them coming loose.) So I compared them side by side, obviously the auto hubs won’t fit the manual hubs, but the main difference is the way they are locked in place. Auto hubs have a key with grooves cut into the threads of the spindle nut, and the manual hubs have a thin ring with the holes that lock into the spindle nut.
2) I wanted to use the auto hub key along with the manual hub setup. (Basically a hybrid)
3) The easiest way to do this imo was to install the manual hub inner spindle nut torqued to spec, then the locking ring, followed by the outer spindle nut torqued to spec.
4) Now onto the hybrid part. After a close look, I realized that if I took a dremel and grooved the outer spindle nut like the auto hub nut is, I could lock the outer spindle nut also. So not only is the inner nut locked with the ring, but the outer nut is locked with the key from the auto hubs.
5) With the outer spindle nut locked with the auto hub key, the key gets held in place by the splined thrust washer and the retaining clip perfectly. I have a trip planned for this weekend up to a place called Peacock Flats on the island of Oahu, mean stuff, but it should be the perfect test, I will definitely have all the spares I need in the ex just in case, so we shall see.
It took about about an hour to complete, and normal hand tools were used.
Just got back from deployment, and while I was gone, my wife decided to take the kids and some friends to play in the dirt. Well, to make a long story short, the trip was ruined by the passenger tire breaking loose from the spindle smashing the fender.
I have to say, with the amount of time and money invested in hubs rotors and wheel bearings, I could have the sas done, well almost. I have decided to give it one more try with a small mod to the spindle nut, which should work for the long term fix. I have had most of my issues with the passenger side, on two different occasions, the tire fell off due to the spindle nut coming loose. Luckily, I have a few spare parts left over, but they are becoming depleted with all the issues.
Here is what I did.
1) I was really interested in the auto hubs and the issues I didn’t have with them, (I was running 31's w/auto hubs and had no issues with them coming loose.) So I compared them side by side, obviously the auto hubs won’t fit the manual hubs, but the main difference is the way they are locked in place. Auto hubs have a key with grooves cut into the threads of the spindle nut, and the manual hubs have a thin ring with the holes that lock into the spindle nut.
2) I wanted to use the auto hub key along with the manual hub setup. (Basically a hybrid)
3) The easiest way to do this imo was to install the manual hub inner spindle nut torqued to spec, then the locking ring, followed by the outer spindle nut torqued to spec.
4) Now onto the hybrid part. After a close look, I realized that if I took a dremel and grooved the outer spindle nut like the auto hub nut is, I could lock the outer spindle nut also. So not only is the inner nut locked with the ring, but the outer nut is locked with the key from the auto hubs.
5) With the outer spindle nut locked with the auto hub key, the key gets held in place by the splined thrust washer and the retaining clip perfectly. I have a trip planned for this weekend up to a place called Peacock Flats on the island of Oahu, mean stuff, but it should be the perfect test, I will definitely have all the spares I need in the ex just in case, so we shall see.
It took about about an hour to complete, and normal hand tools were used.
