Ok the ol 2 wheel drive is driving me insane:banghead:. Ok not really driving. I just want to drive it off a cliff. I got it with bad CV's, so I replaced them (Reman), then a wheel hub strips out, so I replaced both of them (Salvage Yard), calipers crap out bought 1 new got the other at SY. Replaced berrings and seals on both sides too.

 

Now the front end is still going CLUNK, SNAP, CLICK, SNAP:mad:. It was only in turns when I went to town yesterday, but when I started coming home it didn't stop. Today I lifted up the front end to see what was going on underneath, and I grabbed a wheel and wiggled it back and forth, and noticed the cone washer was being shaved apart like pencil shavings(on both wheels).

Am I tightening the castle nut too much? Could the CV's be going out again? The boots aren't torn. Did I forget to replace anything? I don't know what to do:confused:

Which way do you install the dished washer? Correct way is convex outwards towards castle nut. If it is the other way, it will not put proper pressure nto the cone washer. What did you torque the castle nut to? IIRC, 145 ft-lbs is the correct value; most books say like 105.

Which way do you install the dished washer? Correct way is convex outwards towards castle nut. If it is the other way, it will not put proper pressure nto the cone washer. What did you torque the castle nut to? IIRC, 145 ft-lbs is the correct value; most books say like 105.

 

I dont have a torque wrench so I just cranked down on it.

The dished washer is the outer washer right? Now that you mentioned it (just went outside and looked), I never thought about the way that that washer is supposed to go on. the convex is the tapered side right, because I put the tapered side toward the hub. It's all coming clear to me now. Correct me if I'm wrong, the cone washer goes on then the other washer goes on tapered side out.

The cone washer, then the outer washer (with the hump facing out). If you have a breaker bar, use it. I would even put a piece of pipe on it and jump and down to tighten it (unless you weigh over 150lbs). Altho I have stripped out a nut doing this, I believe it was from a aftermarket axle. The aftermarket reman axles are notorious for being bad out of the box, keep an eye on them.

Will the cone washers still be useable even though a little bit of each one is rubbed off? And can I just flip the outer washers over and call it good?

You can try it, just torque the nut down real good.

Get new cone washers - once they strip like that they are done. It will loosen again after a few miles otherwise.

Thanks guys for helping me fix this problem. I flipped those outer washers around, grabed my wrench with the persuation bar and tightened those babies down. Now she goes like a bat out of hell:burnout: