[Roadsters] welding main shaft nut on 5spd

[The Ken Pearce]

Ok, here are two people saying that they tighten the big nut against the
washer (even though the shop manual says "don't tighten").  If I tighten my
big nut (this thread is ripe with humor) against the balled washer (rotfl)
even hand tight, then my 5th gear no longer spins on its roller bearings, at
least not by hand.  Do I need to file down my welded 5th gear or is the only
real thing that needs to be tightened is the lock nut against the main
nut????



Any advice or addition nut jokes welcomed...



Ken







> The way I've done it is to tighten the first nut up to the gear at 25lb-ft
> (iirc) then snug the lock nut against it. At that point, back the first nut
> backwards against the lock nut to the tune of 225lb-ft.


>
> -----Original Message-----
> Here's what I do with the nuts; YMMV. I tighten the big nut against a
> normal lock tab washer as tight as I can get it (put the tranny in 2
> gears simultaneously to lock it up). Then I take a second lock tab
> washer and break the two tangs off it. I put this second washer and the
> second nut on, in that order, and tighten the second nut as tight as I
> can. Bend the first washer against the main nut, and bend the second
> washer against both nuts alternately.
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