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HarryMann wrote:Aha! Been saying fur 6 years ont forum & int wiki yer dont need scaff bars and fat blokes to undo rear 46mm castle nut, just one of these whacker spanners for a tenner or so



https://club8090.co.uk/wiki/Ge ... ut_spanner

Who supplies the whacker spanners, I've been looking for one for ages.

They are called a "flogging wrench" and a good way to spoil the nut, wheel rim, wheel arch, your wrists, teeth etc IMHO...if you get a siezed hub nut there's no guarantee that it will come undone by beating it to death with one of those anyway.

A socket and 3/4" slide bar will cost about £40 ("borrow" the scaff) but it's cheaper than getting the arch straightened out and repainted, never mind the fallout from a poorly torqued hub nut coming loose

I believe in the one and only, the almighty, indivisible flogging wrench..

never had a problem Ian, unlike when using a big long bar and the vehicle wants to climb up off the jack or move along the road. Never damaged a nut either, though young turks who haven'nt clue about swinging hammers may struggle and hit everything but the right part...

Those sorty of bearing breakups Jed, seem very usually on heavy campers, like Marks experience too... or the result of a previous brg replacement with wax bearings or a non-tight castle nut... maybe over-wheel & tyring the thing too. After all, that back hub/bearing sizing was basically specced for the bay windows, wasn't it?

PS. New slightly modded R/G gear ally bash-plate performing fine,well scraped but doing its job without rubbing too much

NB. Note the proper aeronautical spelling for ally everyone

Come to think of it the castle nut wasn't on all that tight. I actually went half a turn past the marks I made untlll I felt "the feeling" when you know it's on real good. I am off on a tour of Europe in the Westy tomorrow and will
be fitting the plate on when I get back. Thanks for the extra info

Jed

Yeh, 350 ft-lb and then the next split pin hole.. now that's done up!

Have actually had trouble getting it to the next split-pin hole before now..

'tis in that Wiki link Titus, you can get 46 and 32 mm ones I think, wouldn't be without my rear hub nut whacker spanner.

jed the spread wrote:Come to think of it the castle nut wasn't on all that tight. I actually went half a turn past the marks I made untlll I felt "the feeling" when you know it's on real good.

You mean "Caterpillar tight"? (as in big yellow machinery) Tighten it until it strips and then back it off half a turn