I would opt for #3. Sent from my iPad 3
On Sep 6, 2011, at 6:34 PM, Scott Shure <[email protected]> wrote: > Good evening, > > My 85 GTV-6 has a spindle that is not drilled to accept a cotter pin lock for a castellated nut. There are several possible fixes, can you help with any of them? > > 1) drill the the spindle to accept a cotter pin, the simplest solution. I hear DiFatta does this. Any advise as to if this can be done without disassembling everything and going to the drill press? > 2) secure flanged nuts that allegedly were used on late model 75's in Europe. Ed @ DiFatta knows what they are but does not have any. I contacted Highwood in England and await a response. Do you know where I can get some? > 3) pursue the "Mercedes" type hub nut that has a locking set screw. I did find these through a website called dealer to dealer BUT it involves placing separate orders and I will actually need an additional set of the washers according to the folks at AlfaGTV6.com > > Regards, > > Scott Shure > 85 GTV-6 > Ellicott City, MD > -- > to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi > or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
