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Date:         Fri, 19 Oct 2001 22:16:15 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Type 2 Rear Axle nut coming loose?
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>This isn't specifically a Vanagon problem, but the set up is real similar so >I ask of the list the following question. Friend of mine has a very nice 71 >Westy but the left rear axle nut comes loose every couple thousand miles >despite havingthe cotter pin in there. He's putting the 300+lbs. of torque >on the nut but to no avail. The axle is noisy making right turns when the >eight is on that side of the van. > >My first guess is a bent stub axle or hub, but if those items are out of >round when spinning, wouldn't that tear up the bearings too? > >He has no recollection of driving over anything that would've bent it, and >he's cheap enough to not want to replace a bunch of parts not needed. The >only other wearing evidence is the castellated nut is grinding a cupped >shaped pattern into the hub.

You shouldn't be able to bend the stub. I hit a tall curb straight-on in my 57, doing about 40mph at the time, and it broke the rear torsionbar. The stub was fine.

Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Phone: 0064 (3) 473-8863 Fax: 0064 (3) 479-7527 165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand Fossil preparator, shell collector, Macintosh and VW & Toyota van nut 1984 Volkswagen Type 25 Caravelle GL (to be fitted with Subaru EG33 engine etc) 1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla DX diesel 1.8 sedan 1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla DX diesel 1.8 van 1989 CT170 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel sedan 1992 CXR10G Toyota Estima Lucida 2.2 turbodiesel (=narrow-bodied Previa)


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