them 2 big nuts on the axle!

[deerman2701]

them two big nuts on my axle keep coming loose after a session of riding and i have to hand tighten back up in the woods. i used a big ass pipe wrench and a pipe to put them suckers on as hard as i can but they keep coming loose? should i attempt to lock tite? im in fear if i do i will have a hard time backing them off ?

 

[duneracerweston]

You are jam nuting the nuts together?

 

[deerman2701]

well i have the left most nut all the way off and i tighten the inner one as hard as i can, then i tighten the other one as tight as i can.

 

[duneracerweston]

That should work but put 2 pipe wrentches on it next time and jam it togeter

 

[deerman2701]

will do thanks man! gonna go for a ride tomorrow on the quad and tighten up them nuts before and see how it goes.

 

[elwood]

that should work, that's how it's supposed to be done minus using pipe wrenches. I used big ass crescent wrenches (not much better). Anyway if it doesn't work I'd give locktite a try, or an aftermarket locknut

 

[jgray44]

I got locktite on mine and they stay tight. Haven't had an issue taking them off yet

 

[duneracerweston]

if u go to northern tool its a 50mm wrench that's wat I use

 

[jarheadoo7]

loc tite makes different strengths.. get the weakest i think its green

 

[bomber315]

NO NO NO green is not the weakest! use blue, its the weekest, red and green say you HAVE to use heat to remove them... green is pretty much like red i think only it will soak in once the nuts are already on, kinda like the opposite of pb blaster

 

[duneracerweston]

Ya that green locktite is some bad stuff it was on the bolts holding onto my rear brake roter that's was a lot of pain and aganie if u use lock tite use the blue for sure and it won't come loose

 

[DeadLastRacing]

there is a method to the madness as far as those nuts go. Also, when its all tight, is there any play in the carrier?

 

[deerman2701]

no play in the carrier i just replaced them bearings back there before this riding season, and got another axle since mine was bent a little. maybe i forgot to wipe some PB blaster off the threads when i was cleaning up the new axle and the nuts just gradually loosened themselves. thanks for the input yall

 

[2kwarr]

How tight should that inner nut be on the carrier anyway?

 

[duneracerweston]

Really dang tight

 

[deerman2701]

that damn nut backed off on me yet again when i thought i had it tighter than all hell! thats it im loctiting the some bitch....

 

[hawkster0001]

that damn nut backed off on me yet again when i thought i had it tighter than all hell! thats it im loctiting the some bitch....

duct tape it!

or weld it to the axle lol. i put jb weld in between the two bolts and seemed to hold fine so far

 

[deerman2701]

haha damn you went all out! what if you wanna take the axle off?!

 

[Sickwarrior350]

I know this post is old but im having the same problem. They always come loose!Should i use Loctite??

 

[Sickwarrior350]

Anyone???