Rene
You seem to be the go to guy with the axle nut questions. I have the rear fully dissembled now. Two questions - with your locking nut idea using the SKF MB7 , I suspect you dispensed with the backing washer item 17 ? ( thanks for the sketch jfb!). Or did the locking not go on top ?
I hope so, because old 6997 was missing one on one side. One locking nut was pretty well loose - likely because the washer was missing and the nut was likely just run upon the inner hub lip.
Alternately any ideas where you can buy one of the chamfered washers no 17 ? I have been looking everywhere with no luck.
I purchased two brand new axle nuts, with the locking cut , lh and rh from Halls. Both don't seem to have a run in taper on the thread. Very difficult to thread on the axle because they look like a straight cut thread. The old nuts run on and off no problems.
Any one had this problem ??- very concerned about stripping the thread on the stub axle. Easy job made difficult.
