Unless they are lock nuts - or are they castle nuts? Lock nuts usually
thread on about 3/4 of the way, then you must use a wrench. (A tap will
remove the nut locking portion of the threads).
Dianne Lattin-Pelletier &
Lindsey Pelletier
Summerland BC, Canada
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Sent: Friday, May 29, 1998 8:01 PM
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Subject: Re: DFLY: Wheel axles
Kevin,
Use a thread pitch gage and make sure the threads are the same. If they
are,
maybe a clean-up with a die or tap would be called for.
Kevin L. Rupert
Kevin Hester wrote:
> Hi gang,
>
> I'm working on getting my DF up on it's gear. I have the gold anodized
> Wicks/Cleveland style axles. These are designed to bolt onto the gear
with
> four bolts. All of this is happy, but when I try to thread the large nut
> onto the axle it goes on about 1/4" inch and then becomes very hard to
turn.
>
> Are these MS axle bolts & aluminum axles designed to be a little cross
> threaded? I don't want to just tighten down the nut, because I'm
concerned
> that it will damage the axle. It is almost like the pitch of the nut is a
> little different than the pitch of the axle. I looked at the Wicks
catalog
> and the part numbers for the axles and nuts are correct.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Kevin
>
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