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40 Deluxe · 03-22-2018, 12:07 PM

How about just torque the nut to your desired setting, and if the cotter key hole is nowhere close, drill a hole in line with the nut, but out at the end of the threads, so that the cotter key will just catch the nut by tapping the key into the slots. That way you won't weaken the axle.

03-22-2018, 12:07 PM	#12
40 Deluxe Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: now Kuna, Idaho Posts: 3,779	Re: Suggestions to get rear axle nut lined up with cotter key hole How about just torque the nut to your desired setting, and if the cotter key hole is nowhere close, drill a hole in line with the nut, but out at the end of the threads, so that the cotter key will just catch the nut by tapping the key into the slots. That way you won't weaken the axle.