'88 E30
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I have read 50/50 that they go on before and after. If they went on before, it would make sense to bend the tabs around the nut. If they go on after I'm literally going to take a socket and beat the shit out of them, kind of defeating the locking purpose?
When I originally removed my axle nuts the lock plates were on the back side of the nut
no, beating them into place is what is locking them. the three tabs on the outside of the plate hold the plate from spinning in the hub, the center part which you deform around the hex nut hold the nut from spinning. the pressure from beating them in holds them in their place.
they aren't a lock washer/crush washer like you are thinking that goes under the nut. there is are no ridges or pressure that would help hold the axle nut in place. it would be like a regular old washer.
when you removed the original ones, they were either corroded/fell apart to where it looked like they were behind or someone installed them wrong. from your picture it looks like they had fallen apart.
Dan
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How would they lock if they were behind the nut?
The three outer notches hold the lock plate in place, then you push (beat) the flat surface of the "washer" to conform it to the out profile of the hex. That provides a lock so the nut cannot move.
If it was behind the nut it is just a washer that cannot spin. -
Whoever did mine did them wrong then. Because the lock plate was definitely behind the nut.
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I will gladly beat the shit out of them from pure frustration tonight
Makes sense to put them on after to bend them to the shape of the hex though
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I have always done them under the axle nut like shown in the picture.
As you tighten the axle nut the lock plate crushes down and prevents the corners of the axle nut from rotating past them until you pry them openyou are smoking crack that picture clearly shows the lock plate on top of the nut. how does a flat plate crush down? the back of the axle nut is round, not hex.
I will gladly beat the shit out of them from pure frustration tonight
Makes sense to put them on after to bend them to the shape of the hex though
you shouldnt be torquing your axle nuts down without the subframe installed and the weight of the car on the wheels/hub IIRC. i don't know if it would even be possible, they get torqued to 180ft/lbs or something, you will have to hold the axle somehow...
Dan
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Thanks for the info Dan. I guess I'll have to wait to beat the shit out of them
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Snap said:
I have always done them under the axle nut like shown in the picture.
As you tighten the axle nut the lock plate crushes down and prevents the corners of the axle nut from rotating past them until you pry them open
you are smoking crack that picture clearly shows the lock plate on top of the nut. how does a flat plate crush down? the back of the axle nut is round, not hex.
KaiserRolls said:
I will gladly beat the shit out of them from pure frustration tonight
Makes sense to put them on after to bend them to the shape of the hex though
you shouldnt be torquing your axle nuts down without the subframe installed and the weight of the car on the wheels/hub IIRC. i don't know if it would even be possible, they get torqued to 180ft/lbs or something, you will have to hold the axle somehow...
I will fight this one to the death. it may have been 4 years ago but im pretty sure you Ben and Mitch are Bushelmasters
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Kaiser Rules Andy Drools
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Good thing I have deep sockets, a big hammer and the right mental attitude regarding lock plates
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Fuck this. I'm throwing them away. Just gonna tighten the shit out of it
Lolololol
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ignore brian, he's on crack like i mentioned before.
since when is real oem an accurate assembly guide? i suppose brian must have two stacked 5-lug front rotors on your e30 as shown in this diagram:
Dan
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since when is real oem an accurate assembly guide? i suppose brian must have two stacked 5-lug front rotors on your e30 as shown in this diagram:
oof. checkmate.
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Rofl @ rotors on top of rotors
but it I mean I definitely agree with the strategy of using a hammer. I'm not sure a project is actually a project without using one.
2011 E92 M3 6MT ZCP - ESS 625 supercharged
2007 Z4MR
2003 E39 M5
2002 E46 M3
2021 X5 40i -
Found my axle nuts. In a box. Labeled. "Sway bar parts" guys I think I need to quit at things
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Brian, my tuning pitchfork is currently resting in the garage.
I shall brandish my axle nut shovel for this discussion.You are an engineer, and it saddens me that you are subscribing to the theory of the lock plate being used as a washer to ensure the nut doesn't rotate. In your assemblies do you not use lock nuts when you are doing sheet metal? Because the sheet metal would deform and capture the nut, in your theory.Though that depends on the type of metal used.
I could easily remove an axle nut with the lock plate behind it. But if you put it on the proper way (over the nut) you cannot even get a socket on it. That bad boy is locked in there.
#endrant
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FWIW: mine were put on incorrectly by the PO. ("Washers" behind nut) I spun them off with an impact, bent tabs and all
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Shots fired!
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