Re: Tri-Castle Nuts
[Re: cbusters]
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02/08/18 11:39 AM
02/08/18 11:39 AM
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njmopar
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I recently installed these AMK nuts on my vehicle and in my opinion the shoulder where you would put the cotter pin through is too high. There was no way a regular cotter pin (like they one they send you) could be used. The hole in the shaft was barely showing. I had to torque a little tighter then spec and use a very thin cotter pin that I luckily had some stock of. The parts being installed on were Moog with the exception of the pitman arm, which was original. The pitman arm was the worst with fit.
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Re: Tri-Castle Nuts
[Re: 71birdJ68]
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02/08/18 01:31 PM
02/08/18 01:31 PM
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MOPARMIKE69
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The new tri castle nuts are too tall. You either need to get originals or take a die grinder to the repops.
69 Road Runner vert 69 GTX hard top 70 Road Runner 4 speed 70 Hemi Cuda vert
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Re: Tri-Castle Nuts
[Re: cbusters]
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02/10/18 02:28 AM
02/10/18 02:28 AM
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fuelishnsilly
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I was going to say, can't you just grind down the bottom part of the castle nut giving you the clearance you'd need for getting the cotter pin through?
inherited a 69 roadrunner from my grand pop.
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Re: Tri-Castle Nuts
[Re: fuelishnsilly]
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02/10/18 11:28 AM
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I was going to say, can't you just grind down the bottom part of the castle nut giving you the clearance you'd need for getting the cotter pin through? Yes, but then you risk removing the coating and mess with the bevel shown in the photo. If I didn't have the thinner cotter pins, would have had to grind.
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Re: Tri-Castle Nuts
[Re: cbusters]
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02/10/18 09:02 PM
02/10/18 09:02 PM
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True, but at least that coating would be the bottom side of the nut and could be touched up with paint or even have RPM put on it to prevent rusting.
inherited a 69 roadrunner from my grand pop.
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Re: Tri-Castle Nuts
[Re: ns1aar]
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02/14/18 02:08 PM
02/14/18 02:08 PM
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Not to hijack the original posters thread, but what are these castle nuts worth anyway? I have never thrown anything on the ground, and left it there, when picking suspension parts, off cars since they invented U Pull It wrecking yards, around here, back in the early 1980's. I probably have a storage container with about 30 pounds of castle nuts in it, and probably handfull's of those original 3 tower ones. Think i should start selling them, to all the guys that are anal freaks for original castle nuts? I remember when NS1AAR got a handfull of them from me, as we have known one another, for decades.
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Re: Tri-Castle Nuts
[Re: hemi71x]
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02/19/18 02:57 AM
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Not to hijack the original posters thread, but what are these castle nuts worth anyway? I have never thrown anything on the ground, and left it there, when picking suspension parts, off cars since they invented U Pull It wrecking yards, around here, back in the early 1980's. I probably have a storage container with about 30 pounds of castle nuts in it, and probably handfull's of those original 3 tower ones. Think i should start selling them, to all the guys that are anal freaks for original castle nuts? I remember when NS1AAR got a handfull of them from me, as we have known one another, for decades. You helped me out with a 9/16 "hex tri-slot nut" once upon a time. Thanks again! Keep in mind that there are 7/16, 1/2 and 9/16 sizes, but only the 1/2" is reproduced AFAIK. You could command the entire intergalactic market for the other 2 sizes...
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