Bus Rear Axle Nut Coming Loose
- hambone
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Re: Bus Rear Axle Nut Coming Loose
2K miles and it's loose again. Not the nut nor the drum's fault they are just victims in this parade.
The threads on the stub axle are good n tight until you get the nut close to the drum - then they are loose and sloppy. Poor thing.
Can the stub shaft be removed and the bearings and seals remain installed in the bearing carrier? I would like to just replace the shaft if possible.
I'm leaving the hubcap off, maybe some rust on the threads will help keep it in place for now.
In the meantime, if someone has a '68-70 rear axle shaft at a budget rate then please let me know. Me and Maw would be much obliged.
thank you eternally
-Bob "Rainy" Bob
$55 looks pretty nasty
https://www.ebay.com/itm/VW-Bus-Bay-Win ... IR&vxp=mtr
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds ... id=2063982
gonna see what I can find locally
The threads on the stub axle are good n tight until you get the nut close to the drum - then they are loose and sloppy. Poor thing.
Can the stub shaft be removed and the bearings and seals remain installed in the bearing carrier? I would like to just replace the shaft if possible.
I'm leaving the hubcap off, maybe some rust on the threads will help keep it in place for now.
In the meantime, if someone has a '68-70 rear axle shaft at a budget rate then please let me know. Me and Maw would be much obliged.
thank you eternally
-Bob "Rainy" Bob
$55 looks pretty nasty
https://www.ebay.com/itm/VW-Bus-Bay-Win ... IR&vxp=mtr
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds ... id=2063982
gonna see what I can find locally
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- tristessa
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Re: Bus Rear Axle Nut Coming Loose
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211 501 265 REAR WHEEL SHAFT For T2 68-70. USED 2 Available $50.00
211 501 265 REAR WHEEL SHAFT For T2 68-70. USED 2 Available $50.00
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Re: Bus Rear Axle Nut Coming Loose
Bob, you can have one of mine for the cost of shipping. Problem: I leave tomorrow afternoon for Wisconsin/Illinois. Send me $15 PayPal when you can and your address asap and I'll get it in the mail before my flight.
Robbie
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- Amskeptic
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Re: Bus Rear Axle Nut Coming Loose
Dang Robbie . . . hey Hambone, as an emergency get-into-town-from-nowhere fix would be to see if the threads on the stub axle are buggered just at the usual tightening spot. Then, you could add a spacer washer between the drum and the nut, and hopefully, the nut can keep the clamping force up in the good thread region. You would only need to ensure that the cotter pin can find the hole with the nut a couple of millimeters out.asiab3 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2017 11:50 pmBob, you can have one of mine for the cost of shipping. Problem: I leave tomorrow afternoon for Wisconsin/Illinois. Send me $15 PayPal when you can and your address asap and I'll get it in the mail before my flight.
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Colin
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- hambone
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Re: Bus Rear Axle Nut Coming Loose
Thank you Colin I wondered about that. Not a lot of room for the cotter pin hole though. I will have to replace that shaft.
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Re: Bus Rear Axle Nut Coming Loose
uh ,.. huh huh .. he said "shaft" ...
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Re: Bus Rear Axle Nut Coming Loose
Ha ha HA he did indeed say shaft…
Hey hambone, how is this issue going these days? Any sign of a loose nut?
Robbie
Hey hambone, how is this issue going these days? Any sign of a loose nut?
Robbie
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Re: Bus Rear Axle Nut Coming Loose
I don't know about his nuts, but there's certainly a screw loose har har har
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Re: Bus Rear Axle Nut Coming Loose
I wonder if a Nord-Lock washer pair might be a solution. In addition to being thick enough to move the nut into the region of good threads, the anti-loosening feature of the Nord-Lock may very well obviate the need for a cotter pin. I'm just not sure if the Nord Lock is meant to be put under that much clamping torque, although they are made from hardened steel, so you'd think they would hold up.Amskeptic wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 7:51 amhey Hambone, as an emergency get-into-town-from-nowhere fix would be to see if the threads on the stub axle are buggered just at the usual tightening spot. Then, you could add a spacer washer between the drum and the nut, and hopefully, the nut can keep the clamping force up in the good thread region. You would only need to ensure that the cotter pin can find the hole with the nut a couple of millimeters out.
Colin
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Re: Bus Rear Axle Nut Coming Loose
The problem is not that the nuts loosen on the threads. The problem is that the clamping force disappears as the bearing race/spacer/bearing race/other spacer/drum fret, sort of like cylinder heads that "dent" in over time and you lose head torque without any nuts backing out.SlowLane wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 8:36 am
I wonder if a Nord-Lock washer pair might be a solution. In addition to being thick enough to move the nut into the region of good threads, the anti-loosening feature of the Nord-Lock may very well obviate the need for a cotter pin. I'm just not sure if the Nord Lock is meant to be put under that much clamping torque, although they are made from hardened steel, so you'd think they would hold up.
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles