Hi Michael,
Ain't this fun? Not only do we get to do and undo English
technology but also PO stupidology.
Sounds like we're messing around in the same area right now.
By chance did you take a look at your shafts to see if by chance the spacers
are still stuck on the flange areas. They actually look like part of the
flange and thats where I found one of mine.
You may want to try the Sears 12 point with shims (per the list)
when you reinstall the nuts. I don't believe you'll be able to get the
required 140ftlbs with your crescent wrench. And I am willing to bet that
your P O didn't either hence the reason you were able to get it off. A
socket and torque wrench should do the install job.
And while your at it you'll probably want to check the
bearing/spacer/gasket spec of .001-.004.
Another enormously fun operation as you can see from my last posting to this
sight.
Shoot me back for any needed moral support.
Good Luck, Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Giroux" <MGIROUX@sgl.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 11:53 AM
Subject: rear end BT7 how did PO manage to assemble ?
> I took apart the rear end of my BT7 on Tuesday to install a new ring
> & pinion gear set (3:54) (and find out why so many oil leaks), only to
> discovered 2 "bad things" the PO did.
> 1- Spacer and o ring for bearing were not present on drivers end of axle.
> 2- Both ends of axle had right hand thread nuts on them !!! hard to do
> but it was done somehow .
>
> Yes I know that the opposite ends of the axle have different threaded nuts
> but someone forgot to tell the previous owner.The passenger side nut was
> cut in many places with a chisel in attempt to remove/install the nut.
> When I tried to remove the nut would not move when turned in the opposite
> direction to the drivers side nut (which came off more easily than I
> expected) , but when turned in the direction to tighten ,it moved and
> eventually came off . The passenger sided had a right hand thread nut on
> it !! Yes it seems impossible but to prove that it was the wrong nut I
> threaded it easily on drivers side of axle ! I repaired the threads with
> a special file designed to "restore threads", hopefully they will be good
> enough, if not I will use my spare axle. I have ordered the spacer and nut
> from Bob Yule of Autofarm ( "Bob Yule" <autofarm@cyg.net> ) and will soon
> be able to test the axle thread repair.
>
> The method I used to remove nut due to lack of large enough socket.
> Removal of nut(s) was accomplished with the aid of a very large
> adjustable crescent wrench, the jaw width was over 2/3 length of 1 flat of
> the nut when put on nose first , and I hammered on the jaw of the wrench
> with a nylon hammer. It is hard to explain but it worked well. The reason
> I used the nylon hammer was to minimize damage to studs of hub extension
> when accidently hit with hammer.
>
>
>
> Michael Giroux
> 62 BT7
> 71 TR6
> 81 Malibu (all standard trans 400,000km)
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