A MUST for your RSC

[orcusomega]

This was a big DUH for me - I am also glad to have read this!

I was not able to get the nut on to clear the XL outer with the tolerances I was comfortable with, so I just inverted the process:

Instead of going from the top down, I went from the inside out. All it took was 2 M4x20mm button head screws, 2 washers, and 2 lock nuts - and voila!

Hope this helps

Bob

 

[frddyj]

nice one bob, +rep

 

[MikeK1981]

How did you hold the screwheads? Just angle your driver a bit? I bet one of those L-shaped screwdrivers would work.

 

[MikeK1981]

Whoops just thought about it and I guess if they are hex heads a standard allan wrench would do the job, can't tell what they are in the pics LOL!

 

[orcusomega]

Yup, they are hex heads, and i used a ball driver yo get them in place. I was able to get them installed in 5 mins per side, once i got done scratching my head like Homer Simpson trying to figure it out

Bob

 

[JoeGuam]

This was a big DUH for me - I am also glad to have read this!

I was not able to get the nut on to clear the XL outer with the tolerances I was comfortable with, so I just inverted the process:

Instead of going from the top down, I went from the inside out. All it took was 2 M4x20mm button head screws, 2 washers, and 2 lock nuts - and voila!

Hope this helps

Bob

Looks familiar. That is what I did to mine

 

[orcusomega]

Looks familiar. That is what I did to mine

Crap! Wish I had known that, would have saved me 20 mins of tryin to figure out how many washers to stack on the bolt to keep the nut out of the axle LOL.

Hey, no one ever accused me of being the sharpest tack in the box...

Bob

 

[ScooterB]

Great write up! I had the same problem and I fixed it the same way. I like the locknut idea too. Stock screws are way too short.

 

[Londoner]

Thats great, good thinking!

Heres mine, I trimmed my bolts down so a few threads were protruding, loads of threadlock and I caked the exposed threads in threadlock too.

Been good so far, they haven't loosened up at all since installing.

 

[gofastturnleft]

I'm still tripping on the more than one kind of blue thread lock post...........on a side note ive heard that they make a stick version of thread lock thats like a glue stick but I haven't found any yet

 

[what the FLUX]

Helpful thread guys, reversing the screws is the first thing I thought of after the first few posts. The obvious fix. :stickpoke:eace:

I use the blue loctite 248 in the stick, #37772.

 

[gofastturnleft]

ive heard of the stick but haven't been able to find it

 

[Tominator06]

Nice alternative. I have lost the same one twice now. Hpi threadlock first and blue locktite next. I will have to try that.

 

[Broedrick]

Hey all, I have used the stick loctite before on other applications, and have found that the threads will sometimes push out the loctite. Just pay extra attention on that.

 

[xll-SavageX-llx]

Would it be possible it slip a lock nut in there ??

 

[xll-SavageX-llx]

** scratches head ** how did i miss 2 whole pages annedout:
lol