Knuckle arm bolts

tbrooks

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• Sep 16, 2014

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Are the knuckle arm (tie-rod to spindle brackets) bolts supposed to have castle nuts? I didn't have any on mine and I didn't see them on the diagrams in the manual. My bolts are coming loose though, I was gonna apply some locktite

 

Fast6hand

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• Sep 16, 2014

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Yes. Mine do along with a cotter pin. Does your bolts have a hole through it?

 

tbrooks

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Yeah they have a hole and I put a cotter pin in. They thread into the spindle and I looked at a couple diagrams in the book and it doesn't show nuts.

 

BlasterFun484

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• Sep 16, 2014

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it doesn't show the nut but it does show 2 pins in your diagram and has the note to use a new one. mine do tho to confirm

 

Fast6hand

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Wait hold on. I just looked. My tie rod has a castle nut on it. However those two bolts don't. They thread into the spindle and have a cotter pin. I don't think you need the nut.

 

tbrooks

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Thanks guys. It may be that my threads are stretched as well, I know when I got it one side was loose. They looked ok, but looks aren't everything. The way they ran this thing it had prob been that way awhile. The back rim the holes were wallowed out from them driving with the lugs loose! I'll try some Loctite and see how it does