Steering wheel nut

[jmwuva05]

I am running itno some problems tightening up the steering wheel nut when the horn brush is installed. I cant get a socket to clear the space. I noticed Moss has a special tool for the nut but the size quoted is to large. The bugeye nut is 1 and 1/16 and that parts size is 1 and 5/16. Anyhow looking in the factory manual the service tool seems to be a socket with a fourth of the wall cutout. Anyone have any advice and what tool to use? Also I seem to have misplaced that large lock washer. None of the companies here in the US offer it. What sort of lock washer is this?
Thanks for any help.

 

[Whitephrog]

Washer is a "shakeproof"

 

[Jim_Gruber]

Don't use a huge lockwasher in there or you will bugger up the threads. When I ordered a nut from MOSS they sent the wrong one. Nuts are super soft metal so if cross threaded the get chewed up instead of the column. I ordered all three types of nuts when I ordered. They were only $ .50 each at the time and by ordering all sizes I actually got one that fit plus a spare.

 

[jmwuva05]

I have the nut but lost the washer. I cant seem to find any washers like that in hardware stores. So how about getting the steering nut on without damaging the horn brush. What tools have been used by others.

 

[Jim_Gruber]

Fingers, something like a Star Washer. P.O. had used a lock washer large enough to go around the steering column post, probably 3/8" thick uncompressed. When I put the nut back on it stripped column. Fortunately thread file got things back in order. Got a spare column for a '68 that I will eventually install complete with undamaged threads. I put mine in w.o. lock washer, used thread locker and check on a regular basis to make sure I don't have issues with it getting loose.