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S3ute
5th May 2020, 06:00 PM
Hello from Brisbane.

A quick question on securing tie rod ends on a Series.

The old ones that were on my truck had a castellated nut and split pin to secure them to the pitman arms, steering arms etc. Must note that the PO was fairly economical with the split pins - most were missing....

The new ones that I bought some time ago from a now defunct outlet here in Brisbane just have a washer and nyloc nut with no hole through the threaded end were one to seek to use a castellated nut. I only found this out today when I went to fit them.

My question - is this the way they come these days? Just nyloc nuts?

Cheers,

Neil

Blknight.aus
5th May 2020, 06:24 PM
yep.

easy enough to drill out if you want to use the castle nut.

I fit them with the flat washer and a locking washer.

S3ute
5th May 2020, 08:30 PM
yep.

easy enough to drill out if you want to use the castle nut.

I fit them with the flat washer and a locking washer.

Thanks.

Appreciated.

Cheers,

Neil