<VV> Late Rear Bearing Spindle Nut Threads

[Ron]

Try a NES External Thread Restorer.  I used a NES 1 on early front strut 
rods and it worked just fine.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert K. Henry" <robertkhenry at bellsouth.net>
To: <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 9:11 AM
Subject: <VV> Late Rear Bearing Spindle Nut Threads


>I decided it was time repack the wheel bearings on my '65. I think that
> every few decades that the bearings ought to be inspected and the grease
> replaced. I got them apart and the bearings were fine, so I cleaned and
> repacked them. When I was wrenching the rusty old spindle nut back on
> (original), I found that the torque wrench was getting easier and easier 
> to
> pull instead of harder and harder. I pulled the nut off and found that the
> threads were gone from the inside of the nut. I was able to peel them off 
> of
> the spindle as a coil of wire.
>
>
>
> So new spindle nuts arrived this morning and I'd like some guidance on how
> to install them without the same thing happening. I tried spinning one on 
> to
> the spindle and it's a tight fit at first. I think the outer threads are a
> little bulged out. Should I try to clean them up somehow? I can't imagine
> how much a die to do that would cost, or what it might ultimately do the
> part. A light touch with a triangular file might help. But while you can
> remove metal, it's a lot harder to put it back on. Or can I just accept a
> tight fit until the nut gets screwed down to the threads that really
> matter-where I'm putting some torque on them?  Maybe a little grease or
> anti-seize?
>
>
>
> An observation: I have a homemade tool to pull the inner bearing onto the
> spindle. It consists of a brass sleeve I machined that threads onto the
> spindle and adapts a piece of threaded rod that does the work of forcing 
> the
> inner bearing into place. I think the fact that my threaded brass sleeve
> fits the spindle threads, though tightly, is encouraging, making me think
> that the spindle threads are ok. But then it's not getting threaded on 
> with
> 100 Ft-Lbs of torque.
>
>
>
> I really hate that sickening "soft  wrench" feel when a fastener is 
> failing
> and I'd like to avoid experiencing it again.
>
>
>
> Robert Henry
>
> '65 Corsa Convertible
>
> Knoxville, TN
>
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