26-05-2018, 09:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 26-05-2018, 09:17 PM by Andy Bennett.)
I'd had my car for 2 years when reversing up a slight hill was met with a crack and loss of drive.
It later proved to be the woodruff key shearing off. inspection of the other side revealed all was present and correct by way of pins etc but the nut was little more than nipped up.
A new woodruff key and an air hammer to tighten both sides and 9 years on and no further issues.
Surely 20 years of trouble free motoring suggests that they were/are probably still tight and it is a job that doesn't need any sleep lost over, or do they loosen over time under normal driving and should we all be doing a check every few thousand miles?
Andy B
It later proved to be the woodruff key shearing off. inspection of the other side revealed all was present and correct by way of pins etc but the nut was little more than nipped up.
A new woodruff key and an air hammer to tighten both sides and 9 years on and no further issues.
Surely 20 years of trouble free motoring suggests that they were/are probably still tight and it is a job that doesn't need any sleep lost over, or do they loosen over time under normal driving and should we all be doing a check every few thousand miles?
Andy B
Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think!