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finally finished the brakes....

Today I finally finished the brakes on my '73. New shoes, hoses, cillinders and rear shocks too. Started last saterday and of course something(s) had to go wrong! Front went without a problem but the rear.... I snapped the rear bolds of the brake line.... 15.30u.... Quick some phone calls and at 18.00u and about

120km later I got my brake lines. Installed them, and I was about to close the drums when i noticed that the cup of the brake shoe retainer (?) was kaputt.... Still no finishing up.. On sunday I called a friend and he had some cups, so finally i could close the drums.

I have a nice and shiny torque wrench to tighten the axel nut. Max torq is

760 Nm! But never used before. So when i set the Torq at 360Nm I found it very easy to click so I torqued it to 380Nm... easy :) But when I wanted to put in the cotter pin to secure the bold, the bold turned too far!! I had to release it a little to fit the cotter pin.

Is this a problem? Do I need to torq it more? Any insights on this item are very welkom.

TIA Roger

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bug '59
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Normally one tightens the axle nut to the specified torque, and if the castellations do not line up with the keyway in the axle you continue to tighten, advancing the axle nut until it does line up.

If you already had it torqued to spec and had to back it off it might cause a problem, it all depends on how much you had to turn it back to get it lined up. If you only moved it slightly then you will probably be okay.

Chris

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Hal

Well, I know I did overtighten it and the castellation was past the keyway... just. I still could see the hole in the axel. The entry however was too small to fit the cotter pin. I've used the old cotter pins to secure the nut, Maybe when i change them with new ones I might peek inside to see if someting is wet. For now I think I keep this setting and watch it's breaking behaviour closely.

Thanks for your input Chris, Roger

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bug '59

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