Re: Brake drum removal 1948 22nd Series

Posted by kanadanmajava On 2014/7/18 9:13:19

I removed the rear drums from my '48 during the winter. One of them was quite easy to remove but the other was really tight. The weren't torqued very evenly.

When I was putting them back together I noticed what might have caused the problem. In the shaft there was only one hole for the securing pin. The nut had six grooves and its pitch was quite thick. So if I want to tighten the nut so that it remains in contact with facing surface the "tightening intervals" are between ~60 degrees.

How is this supposed to work? Should the nuts have more grooves than mine have? I don't like the idea of reversing the nut to the last groove as this might leave possibility of rust issues in the possibly opening gap.