My 5th gear fix
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My 5th gear fix
I fixed my 5th gear nut today. The previous nut was stripped smooth (it was the type with set screws). Mopar wanted $99.95 each for the nuts, and they had to order them and I HAVE to get my truck back on the road quickly, so I did not want to wait. I payed a visit to my machinist to have him make me two nuts (and a special wrench for them) so that I could stack them on the output shaft and weld them together. I don't see ever having to mess with another 5th gear nut on this truck.
The old nut:
One of the new nuts:
Both nuts on the shaft:
Final result. The nuts have 4 tack welds on them at 90 degree intervals:
Let me know what you guys think!
The old nut:
One of the new nuts:
Both nuts on the shaft:
Final result. The nuts have 4 tack welds on them at 90 degree intervals:
Let me know what you guys think!
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Excellent idea! Good material will also help keep the nut threads from failing. Probably only took the machinist about 1 hour to whip that up and it looks great.
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I'll be the sour grape. I'll bet it vibrates back off, just like the original, in less than 50k miles. The crux of the problem is that the entire spline inside the gear is not mated to the spline of the shaft and starts to wobble after awhile. The wobbling accelerates the wear on the splines to the point that no amount of tightening can keep it from vibrating loose. Hey, you wanted to know what we think.
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I'll be the sour grape. I'll bet it vibrates back off, just like the original, in less than 50k miles. The crux of the problem is that the entire spline inside the gear is not mated to the spline of the shaft and starts to wobble after awhile. The wobbling accelerates the wear on the splines to the point that no amount of tightening can keep it from vibrating loose. Hey, you wanted to know what we think.
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I agree I have yet to see a double nut back off. I have used double nutting in some real pain in the neck stuff.And with it welded that is one more feather in the not backing off hat.
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I submit that by welding them together you have, in essence, made the assy one nut. I believe that if you put a wrench on the nut opposite the gear that they will come off together with a little more torque than was used to install them, thus it is physically possible for them to come off together.
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I submit that by welding them together you have, in essence, made the assy one nut. I believe that if you put a wrench on the nut opposite the gear that they will come off together with a little more torque than was used to install them, thus it is physically possible for them to come off together.
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I submit that by welding them together you have, in essence, made the assy one nut. I believe that if you put a wrench on the nut opposite the gear that they will come off together with a little more torque than was used to install them, thus it is physically possible for them to come off together.