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Rear Axle Nut - Billie_imp - 03-20-2021
Just replaced the tires on my 2014 CB, when I took the rear wheel off I noticed there was no C shaped clip on the end of the axle.
My Harleys all have had a clip to prevent the axle nut from ever backing off, now I know HD's vibrate more than this CB but am I missing something here?
So I put some blue locktite on the threads and tightened the nut down, anything else?
RE: Rear Axle Nut - GoldOxide_imp - 03-20-2021
I don't ever recall removing a C clip off a Japanese bike in my travels. I have taken cotter pins out of Italian axle nuts.
RE: Rear Axle Nut - Lord Popgun - 03-20-2021
The service manual does not call for thread locker on the axle nut. Torqued to spec it will not come loose.
RE: Rear Axle Nut - Billie_imp - 03-20-2021
Yeh I saw that about the locktite, but thought better safe than sorry, Thanks guys.
RE: Rear Axle Nut - pekingduck - 03-20-2021
The rear axle has a stainless steel spring washer built into it that is always tensioning the nut against the thread. Look up Fuji Lock Nut. Unlike nylon-lined lock nuts, these do not fatigue and are reusable indefinitely. Nylocks are not reusable unless the plastic inside is heated and melted.
RE: Rear Axle Nut - Billie_imp - 03-21-2021
(03-20-2021, 03:24 PM)pekingduck_imp Wrote: The rear axle has a stainless steel spring washer built into it that is always tensioning the nut against the thread. Look up Fuji Lock Nut. Unlike nylon-lined lock nuts, these do not fatigue and are reusable indefinitely. Nylocks are not reusable unless the plastic inside is heated and melted.
Thanks
RE: Rear Axle Nut - pekingduck - 03-21-2021
Correction -
The rear axle NUT has a stainless steel spring washer built into it that is always tensioning the nut against the thread.
RE: Rear Axle Nut - Billie_imp - 03-22-2021
(03-21-2021, 12:37 PM)pekingduck_imp Wrote: Correction -
The rear axle NUT has a stainless steel spring washer built into it that is always tensioning the nut against the thread.
I figured thats what you meant, thanks for the info.