Castle Nuts
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Castle Nuts
Trying to track down the size and thread count for the tie rod ends, in particular the one at the pitman arm. Thanks all!
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Ahhhhh... I just tossed my old castle nuts after replacing the entire steering system.
I can tell you that the socket size for the tie rod castle nuts (they were all the same size) was 19mm.
What I would do is take one of the other castle nuts off (any of the other tie-rods) and take it to the hardware store and check the size. You can easily confirm that it's the same nut by testing it on the one you're missing and making sure it threads on smoothly.
I can tell you that the socket size for the tie rod castle nuts (they were all the same size) was 19mm.
What I would do is take one of the other castle nuts off (any of the other tie-rods) and take it to the hardware store and check the size. You can easily confirm that it's the same nut by testing it on the one you're missing and making sure it threads on smoothly.
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Adding this in for an FYI. Thought it would be easy to just go down the hardware store and pick them up. It's not. They have 1/2-20 castle nuts but they're too thick and you can't put the cotter pins back in. I used Loctite to tide me over till I got the correct part, Crown 274428.
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One night i was in a red light in the left lane turn. Imagine my surprise when turning my jeep went straight. This happened
I was able to find the castle nut in the road but the threads were gone and thanks goodness I had in hand some wire. With this hack job I was able to get home very slow. Lol.
I was able to find the castle nut in the road but the threads were gone and thanks goodness I had in hand some wire. With this hack job I was able to get home very slow. Lol.
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Adding this in for an FYI. Thought it would be easy to just go down the hardware store and pick them up. It's not. They have 1/2-20 castle nuts but they're too thick and you can't put the cotter pins back in. I used Loctite to tide me over till I got the correct part, Crown 274428.
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Now I understand. I thought that the new nuts would take a larger socket... In the future you can always try two nuts as a jam nut when in a bad situation like that. Also, hardware stores sell nuts that are called prevailing torque nuts which are really good about not loosening.
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For the prevailing I meant the type which has irregularly cut threads so that it would back, not the types with a soft material that add friction that way.
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I thought since you had an '86 they were using 1/2 24 back then, but according to the parts finder on Oconee's eBay site they list the '86 as having 1/2 20 too, so I'm stumped.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tie-Rod-End...5.c10#viTabs_0
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tie-Rod-End...5.c10#viTabs_0