Found a loose castle nut so I checked em All, Two had their concave/convex washer the wrong way round, concave out and wore the castle nuts but thats fine i got spares. I think it also put this ridge on my cone washer: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/photos/showphoto.php?photo=9836&sort=1&cat=500&page=1 . Can you buys these new from dealerships still, thats if that ridge aint ment to be their? Also should i replace the concave/convex washer aswell?

Just file the ridge off. It shouldn't be there.

Yeh thats what I thought, so on the other side so I sanded it down but then when I saw this side I thought hang on maybe that ridge was ment to be there because it was so pronouced. If I do grind it down it will be with an angle grinder as there is atleast 1mm of metal to remove. Being worn this much, could the cone washer sit under the edge of the hub and not wedge like its ment to?

 

As you did not say anything about the convex washers they should be alright to reuse?

Yeh thats what I thought, so on the other side so I sanded it down but then when I saw this side I thought hang on maybe that ridge was ment to be there because it was so pronouced. If I do grind it down it will be with an angle grinder as there is atleast 1mm of metal to remove. Being worn this much, could the cone washer sit under the edge of the hub and not wedge like its ment to?

 

As you did not say anything about the convex washers they should be alright to reuse?

 

With the ridge that deep I would replace both just to make sure you don't have further problems. They cost me $20 for both at a specialized sube shop might e more at a dealer though.

When i got round to it I found the cone washer is allot softer metal than what I thought, the bastard file ate through it pretty fast. It seemed to pull in nice into the hub when I tourqued it up after the fact.

the bastard file .

 

whats with insulting the tools?......:lol:thats an unfortunately named tool