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[T3] axle nut oddity


<x-flowed>good day, gents.

developed an odd rumbling in the rear of my car - so jacked it up, did some inspecting.Ê the passenger side wheel was moving all over the place - i could rock it about 1/4", with very little effort.Ê heart sank - figuredÊ i'd trashed a bearing, or snapped a stub axle (done both before, similar symptoms, expecting the worst).
pulled the wheel off to confirm my fears...Ê and here's what i found, and why my brow is still skeptically arched, several rumble-free days later.
the castellated nut was very loose on the stub - could wiggle it by hand.Ê but the cotter pin was still holding it in place.Ê i slipped the pin out , gave the nut +/- 5 turns before it snugged, then torqued it down.Ê slipped a fresh pin in place, and away we go.


but how'd the sucker get loose?Ê something inside the bearing collapsed, maybe a spacer or some such just disintegrated?

please advise.

good day to you all.

--timmy
'72 square
redondo, ca

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