The International Cessna^® 170 Association

Joe I think what George is saying is that with one cotter pin hole and if the nut only had one hole the worst you would have to do is tighten the nut a half turn. But of course the castle nut has 6 positions or slots so you should never have to tighten more than a sixth turn past no play to line up a cotter pin.

[quote="Joe Moilanen"]I'm hoping you didn't really mean a HALF turn George.....(:

Joe

I meant to turn it to the next available hole.

Some of the axle nuts for wheel pants had only one set of holes drilled through in one flat. Your simple solution would be to set the nut in a vise on A DRILL PRESS and carefully measure, align and then drill two other sets of holes. SHAZAM! Same spacing as a castellated nut.

My only question is your description, WOBBLE"! Although not the final solution, an axle nut, backed off a 1/2 of a turn, should never cause the wheel to "WOBBLE" and is in the ball park! Something else seems to be amiss. I don't have one in my hand but I am just guessing the threads ( pitch ) would somewhere in the vicinity of 12 threads per inch. Turning the nut on the axle one complete turn only advances or retracts the face of the nut about .085 of an inch, ( 1/6 of a turn is equivalent to .014 of an inch AND one half a turn is only .042 of an inch). "WOBBLE" at that clearance should be almost nil. If you back the nut off a half turn you would have .040 of endplay but no "WOBBLE" .

Ol Gar is that you spit'in out all those math equations? Or is that your evil double Gary who secured all that loose St Pauli Girl for George a few years back.

N9149A wrote: Ol Gar is that you spit'in out all those math equations? Or is that your evil double Gary who secured all that loose St Pauli Girl for George a few years back.

YESSIREE SPITTIN WITHOUT SIPPIN ISA KINDA A DRIE JOB SOE IMA GONNA HAFTA FINE MORE SPITTIN AMMO DOES U NOE EENY PLACE I MITYES FINE SUM FREE OR CHEEP PAULI GURLS - - - -

flyguy wrote:

N9149A wrote: Ol Gar is that you spit'in out all those math equations? Or is that your evil double Gary who secured all that loose St Pauli Girl for George a few years back.

YESSIREE SPITTIN WITHOUT SIPPIN ISA KINDA A DRIE JOB SOE IMA GONNA HAFTA FINE MORE SPITTIN AMMO DOES U NOE EENY PLACE I MITYES FINE SUM FREE OR CHEEP PAULI GURLS - - - -

Well I've heard there could be a selection in Spicewood TX but you have to put up with the wild bore we heard are running around there.

N9149A wrote:

flyguy wrote:

N9149A wrote: Ol Gar is that you spit'in out all those math equations? Or is that your evil double Gary who secured all that loose St Pauli Girl for George a few years back.

YESSIREE SPITTIN WITHOUT SIPPIN ISA KINDA A DRIE JOB SOE IMA GONNA HAFTA FINE MORE SPITTIN AMMO DOES U NOE EENY PLACE I MITYES FINE SUM FREE OR CHEEP PAULI GURLS - - - -

Well I've heard there could be a selection in Spicewood TX but you have to put up with the wild bore we heard are running around there.

I gotta "bore" for him..... a 12 gauge bore! You too!