Kevin,
Just checked my axles and the castellated nuts screw on all the way
with no effort. Unless you are using lock nuts, you have some sort of
mismatch in the threads. Sorry I don`t have any part numbers.
Pete
At 02:54 PM 5/29/98 -0700, you 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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