Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
The OP says his axle nuts are in serviceable condition. We should mind that the SA AW axle with it's anti rotation flats results in significantly less nut/axle thread surface in user. The axle is rather hard, the nuts are typically fairly soft as they should be. It's very easy to overtighten the axle nuts and start the thread damaging process. Also know that the AWs like some slight slop in the axle bearing adjustment. Allowing the axle to spin within the cones/locknuts means that the bearing adjustment is changing... Andy
I had tried replying before, without success. My anti-slip washers don't look like the link.
The cones issue had occurred to me, but I can only hope at this point it's not THAT far out of adjustment.
And there really is precious little thread room, especially on the n-drive side. In your experience, should there be washers between the nut and the drop out?