You end up doing it three times when you rebuild the rear with the new differential
On Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 2:51 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I think you’re right. I seem to recall that being the case - you peen a > dimple in the little flange on the nut into the groove for the key that > holds the yoke. > > Not like it’s something you do very often… > > -D > > > On Mar 30, 2020, at 5:29 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > > IIRC, which is questionable at this point, there outer end of the nut is > > like a sleeve. You dent it into a groove in the shaft. > > > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 11:39 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> Yeah, I don’t think the 12 star nuts that were on later cars have a > >> retention arrangement, like a tab to bend over or something. I’m sure if > >> someone knows better or recalls the details they’ll weigh in. > >> > >> -D > >> > >>> On Mar 30, 2020, at 11:47 AM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> I did that. Just a touch of the blue stuff. The rattle gun can usually > >>> overcome it to loosen. I cannot recall if there is a bendable tab on it > >>> like the axle nuts but there might be. > >>> > >>> On Sun, Mar 29, 2020, 4:20 PM Craig via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 09:13:25 -0700 Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes > >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Just snug it up to where it was and declare victory. Avoid impact > >>>>> wrenching it at all costs. > >>>>> > >>>>> All it has to do is not let the flange loosen up; the splines take > all > >>>>> the torque. > >>>> > >>>> Would Loctite on the threads help? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Craig > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________ > >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>>> > >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > > > -- > > OK Don > > > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” > Wernher > > Von Braun > > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
