Re: woo hoo!
Mike Romain wrote:
> Just fyi, when you have a castle nut to the proper torque and the hole > doesn't line up, it is proper practice to tighten it more until the > pin will slide through. Yep.. initially set it then gave it a bit more to find the hole. Then gave it a bit more to get to the next hole but that was starting to go too far over the torque spec. The part is correct and the hole/shaft clean so it couldn't be dirt. > Taking a piece out of the castle weakens it. If it doesn't go onto > the bolt far enough to set the pin, you have something wrong, either > dirt or a deformed part or the wrong part. Took another look at it and measured against the old one. The castle nuts are the same but the old part has a chamfer around the hole and the hole is just a teeny <1mm bit closer to the end. The only filing I did was to ease the edges on the hole just a bit so the pin would slide in. And on that note, the pin was also a bit bigger than the old one. I think it's one of those "close but not exact" parts. The shoulder is set so there is no more that can be sucked in. -- DougW |
Re: woo hoo!
Mike Romain wrote:
> Just fyi, when you have a castle nut to the proper torque and the hole > doesn't line up, it is proper practice to tighten it more until the > pin will slide through. Yep.. initially set it then gave it a bit more to find the hole. Then gave it a bit more to get to the next hole but that was starting to go too far over the torque spec. The part is correct and the hole/shaft clean so it couldn't be dirt. > Taking a piece out of the castle weakens it. If it doesn't go onto > the bolt far enough to set the pin, you have something wrong, either > dirt or a deformed part or the wrong part. Took another look at it and measured against the old one. The castle nuts are the same but the old part has a chamfer around the hole and the hole is just a teeny <1mm bit closer to the end. The only filing I did was to ease the edges on the hole just a bit so the pin would slide in. And on that note, the pin was also a bit bigger than the old one. I think it's one of those "close but not exact" parts. The shoulder is set so there is no more that can be sucked in. -- DougW |
Re: woo hoo!
Mike Romain wrote:
> Just fyi, when you have a castle nut to the proper torque and the hole > doesn't line up, it is proper practice to tighten it more until the > pin will slide through. Yep.. initially set it then gave it a bit more to find the hole. Then gave it a bit more to get to the next hole but that was starting to go too far over the torque spec. The part is correct and the hole/shaft clean so it couldn't be dirt. > Taking a piece out of the castle weakens it. If it doesn't go onto > the bolt far enough to set the pin, you have something wrong, either > dirt or a deformed part or the wrong part. Took another look at it and measured against the old one. The castle nuts are the same but the old part has a chamfer around the hole and the hole is just a teeny <1mm bit closer to the end. The only filing I did was to ease the edges on the hole just a bit so the pin would slide in. And on that note, the pin was also a bit bigger than the old one. I think it's one of those "close but not exact" parts. The shoulder is set so there is no more that can be sucked in. -- DougW |
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