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Originally Posted by David.X5
Don't know exactly what you mean by notching the new nuts. After they have been tightened down and torqued to spec, you lock them to the axle by hammering the lip into the two notches that already exist on the axle. It's steel - they take a swift whack with a metal punch and a good size hammer.
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I think what you described is what he has to do. You need to notch the nut so that the nut doesn't back off the spindle. You can do the belt and suspender by putting some blue Loctite on the spindle thread.
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