Re: Broken axle

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2018/4/12 14:34:41

A couple of years ago I had both back drums off my '34 to repack the wheel bearings, replace the seals, and lube the mechanical brake cables and linkage. I was pretty fussy about cleaning the tapers prior to reinstallation. When reinstalling my goal (not aware of any specification) was 250 lb.-ft.; on one side this nicely coincided with a cotter pin fitment and on the other side I had to dress the washer a bit to get a pin alignment at torque.

At the end of the season (maybe 600 miles) I rechecked both sides; one side was still OK at the original setting but the other side now needed further tightening, maybe 1/12 of a turn or so (don't recall exactly).