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I am one step closer to getting my EType's IRS completed and installed back in the car, but have a small question for which I suspect there is a simple answer, but I don't know what it is. Yesterday, I installed my newly rebuilt rear hub carries/hubs which have been rebuilt with new bearings, and the lower carrier bearings properly preloaded. The proper axel spacers have been fitted to provide .004" of endfloat. But when I install the hub washers and castlenuts to afix the hub to the axel shaft and torque to 140ftlbs (per the manual), one of the "walls" of the castle nut partially covers the hole in the threaded axel end so that I can't get the cotter pin in to secure the castle nut. I installed the splined hubs into the axel shaft per the manual so that the access hole in the hub aligns with the hole in the threaded part of the exel shaft.
I'm sure this is a common problem, but what is the solution?
Thanks,
Basil
PS: I thought of just backing off the castle until I could access the cotterpin hole, but then the nut would not be torqued to the specs. Is this the only solution?
I'm sure this is a common problem, but what is the solution?
Thanks,
Basil
PS: I thought of just backing off the castle until I could access the cotterpin hole, but then the nut would not be torqued to the specs. Is this the only solution?