Front left hub retaining nut on 4x4
10-11-2011, 02:50 PM
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Front left hub retaining nut on 4x4
At the MOT of my 4x4 sapphire the tester was saying there was play in the front left wheel bearing. When I was going to replace it I found out the hub retaining nut was loose. 
I tightened it back to what it should be and there didn't seem to be any play more. I find it strange that the nut was loose, it probably was already loose when I bought the car half a year ago. Does this happen more often? At the left rear wheel the hub nut turns the other way to prevent it from coming loose and the nut is a nylon locking nut. But the left front one is just regular thread and has no nylon locking nut. To me it seems like it can be loose again next week, or not?
I tightened it back to what it should be and there didn't seem to be any play more. I find it strange that the nut was loose, it probably was already loose when I bought the car half a year ago. Does this happen more often? At the left rear wheel the hub nut turns the other way to prevent it from coming loose and the nut is a nylon locking nut. But the left front one is just regular thread and has no nylon locking nut. To me it seems like it can be loose again next week, or not?
11-11-2011, 10:25 AM
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I dont know much about cosworths but use nyloc nuts every day at work as an engineer.Now i have always been told and company procedure is never to reuse a nyloc nut. Once we take them off we always replace with new.
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At the MOT of my 4x4 sapphire the tester was saying there was play in the front left wheel bearing. When I was going to replace it I found out the hub retaining nut was loose. I tightened it back to what it should be and there didn't seem to be any play more. I find it strange that the nut was loose, it probably was already loose when I bought the car half a year ago. Does this happen more often? At the left rear wheel the hub nut turns the other way to prevent it from coming loose and the nut is a nylon locking nut. But the left front one is just regular thread and has no nylon locking nut. To me it seems like it can be loose again next week, or not?
I tightened it back to what it should be and there didn't seem to be any play more. I find it strange that the nut was loose, it probably was already loose when I bought the car half a year ago. Does this happen more often? At the left rear wheel the hub nut turns the other way to prevent it from coming loose and the nut is a nylon locking nut. But the left front one is just regular thread and has no nylon locking nut. To me it seems like it can be loose again next week, or not? 
I replaced both my front bearings (about £50-60) when I did the 300m brake upgrade.
Look on the stubaxle, there a flat where to hammer the flange of the nut.
I havn't done mine on the piccy because I hadn't torqued the nut when I did the picture.
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