[Fot] Weathers Big TR Front Axles

[Robert M. Lang]

Hi,

Due to (blah blah blah blah) finally getting around to installing my 
Weathers axles. I have on hand both the 2004 set and a set of the newer 
ones that Uncle Jack had made up.

I recall that there was an "issue" with the elastic stop nuts provided in 
the Weathers kit and used to secure the stub axle to the vertical link and 
that was that the nuts are too tall hence the elastic stop ring doesn't 
contact the threads on the stub axle. I assembled everything and observed 
it to be the case.

The question is: for folks running the original stub axles - did you 
replace the elastic stop nut with a regular grade 8 nut and washer or did 
you just Loctite the provided nut? Conversely, the Uncle Jack kit uses a 
regular fine thread grade 8 nut and washer and it looks like the threaded 
portion is a "skosh" longer than the original Weathers axles. If you're 
running the later setup, did you switch to an elastic stop nut or did you 
install the grade 8 nut/washer and red Loctite as suggested in the 
installation instructions.

I think I know the answers, but I wanted to toss this out there just for 
the heck of it.

On a similar vein - the Weathers kit D washer for the outer bearing seems 
a little small compared to the stock D washer and the one in the Uncle 
Jack kit - has anyone had any "issues" with it? I (again) suspect "no", 
but I wanted to hear any discussion.

And, yes, I'm a bit behind on my projects.

:-)

rml
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