16-07-2019, 08:24 PM
(This post was last modified: 16-07-2019, 08:25 PM by Stuart Giles.)
(13-07-2019, 09:21 PM)bob46320 Wrote: its only a 5/16" BSF nut. I rely on a moderate tap with a hammer from the other side from the nut and apply a moderate torque to the nut. I would not rely on the nut to do all of the work.
Any other way of dealing with this issue is a sure recipe for having the thread strip long before the cotter pulls up really tight against the pin.
I have always kept the Austin style cotter rather than use the ramp type with a home produced cutout in the factory style hollow pin -there isn't much metal there once a cutout has been introduced on a standard pin. if I was using solid pins I would choose the ramp style cotter -but there isn't much room at the base of a Girling stub to install the second grease nipple that this setup needs though.