evest Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Hi folks, Haven’t got my manual handy so: Question on the axle nuts – can they be re-used? Recently had an MOT fail due to excessively wheel play = worn rear wheel bearing – however I’ve not had any noise/symptoms of it, even though I’m on 136K miles! I did have a slight “wubwubwubwub†noise and on stripping down the hubs to get them ready for new bearings I noticed that on the corner in question the axle nut was barely more than finger tight (whereas had to heave on the breaker bar on opposite side). Had everything stripped a while back when I redid my bushes, etc and pretty sure I torqued everything up correctly – concerned the nut may have worked it’s way loose hence my question. On the other hand if they can re-used / re-torqued safely then I guess it’s possible that I must have not tightened correctly last time.  For now have re-torqued and the noise has gone away – while get the MOT re-checked this week to see if the wheel play has definitely gone. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Reusable. Remember and pin it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evest Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 Cheers Alex ☺ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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