04-04-2021, 09:00 AM
It is seldom that I dare to disagree with our esteemed Chairman, but talk of 3 foot bars worries me. Surely standing on a 1 foot bar will give a torque setting of your weight in ft.lbs? For example, me at 11 stone (I wish) standing on my 1 foot socket set bar will torque the nut to 154 ft.lbs.
The important thing is not to fit the split pin, think "job done" and then ignore it. I suggest that the halfshaft nuts (and BTW, the kingpin cotter nuts) should be regarded as 'service items' i.e. every time you go round the car with a grease gun then these nuts should be checked. In my experience of trialling (a fairly severe test of a back axle) the nuts could be done up a bit further a few times, but I haven't been able to move them any more for several years. If you keep checking them, then (IMHO) you don't need to fit the split pins.
The important thing is not to fit the split pin, think "job done" and then ignore it. I suggest that the halfshaft nuts (and BTW, the kingpin cotter nuts) should be regarded as 'service items' i.e. every time you go round the car with a grease gun then these nuts should be checked. In my experience of trialling (a fairly severe test of a back axle) the nuts could be done up a bit further a few times, but I haven't been able to move them any more for several years. If you keep checking them, then (IMHO) you don't need to fit the split pins.