What size are the tie-bar nut split pins?
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What size are the tie-bar nut split pins?
Oh great and knowledgeable ones!
I am ignorant of the secrets of the universe/Minor and cannot find this piece of information in the suspension section of the workshop manual, wherein I thought it would lie.
I therefore beseech thee, impart of your wisdom and tell this humble supplicant what size pins he should obtain for the tie-bar castellated nuts.
Alternatively, is it acceptable to use nylock nuts instead?
Thank you.
I am ignorant of the secrets of the universe/Minor and cannot find this piece of information in the suspension section of the workshop manual, wherein I thought it would lie.
I therefore beseech thee, impart of your wisdom and tell this humble supplicant what size pins he should obtain for the tie-bar castellated nuts.
Alternatively, is it acceptable to use nylock nuts instead?
Thank you.
Jim - New Forest, the Wiltshire bit
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I'd get a selection of sizes. Normally come in a box of a 100 or so.
There is always the need for different sized split pins.
There is always the need for different sized split pins.
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Yes, but were they metric, imperial, or the correct Whitworth split pins ? ;-)bmcecosse wrote:I got a box of assorted split pins in Poundland recently!
But seriously, I go with the above comments, get a box of mixed split pins and use whichever size fits the hole and is long enough to be split open.
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Well Nylocks are designed where a nut needs to absorb vibration and can be used in various locations, and of course they can only be used once, the forerunner would have been a nut and springwasher or similar.OK, why not and what's the reason?
Castellated nuts which generally have 6 slots are slightly more flexible and once tightened are then adjusted to the relevant slot forwards or backwards depending on application and the split pin inserted, so the nuts are also resusable as well as adjustable (not the split pins though) unlike a nylock, so they are much more user friendly.
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Kevin
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