From: kuhrick (kuhrick@comcast.net)
Date: Wed Mar 26 2003 - 05:36:05 PST
i was thinking they was talking about lug nuts and thew studs that go on i
must be all wet
I know there is places that will repair axle tubes
like the ones that get dragged down the street and 1/4 is missing
At 11:53 PM 3/25/03 -0500, David Cole wrote:
>Is that last 3/4 inch required to keep the bearing in place with the
>outside nut? If not, I'd be tempted to cut the end of the tube off with a
>portable bandsaw, file the edge to allow the nut to go back on and
>continue with life.
>
>If you require that last 3/4 to hold the nut, the only thing I could
>suggest would be some very careful filing with a triangle file with fine
>teeth. I've restored threads that way, but it is far from ideal. One more
>thing, there are die stocks that are adjustable. If you can find the
>proper pitch cutters and you could put the die over the tube, tighten the
>die stock and back the die off the tube, you might be able to save the
>threads. I wouldn't be surprised if you have to do some tool modification
>to make that work.
>
>Good Luck,
>
>Dave
>
>
>On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 18:35:05 -0800 (PST), Kevin Strain /
>kstrain@earthlink.net <kstrain@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>Kevin Strain here;
>>I have a 5 Ton Rear axel that the outside wheel nut has come off when the
>>truck was moving and cross threded the last 3/4 inch of the axel spendle.
>>I have tried a thred chaser on the axel spendle to no avail. I tried
>>taking off the inside
>>nut to run it over the cross threded portion of the axel, the inside nut
>>stoped at the cross threded area of the axel.
>>Does any one have any advise? The wheel is still on the axel.
>>Kevin Strain kstrain@earthlink.net
>>
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