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Good Day Everyone
Early 1932 chev cars have a 3/4 fine thread rear axle castle nut. But my car was built with the larger rear axle. I am looking for a 13/16 fine thread castle nut for the rear axle of my 32 chev coupe. Does anyone know who may sell them?
I believe the filling station only has the 3/4 one.
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Mike
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Hello fullbore,
It appears that 13/16" castle and slotted nuts are not easily found. You may want to go to Trailerpartsdepot.com and look under 'spindle nuts washers and cotter pins'. They list 13/16" smooth spindle nuts with a separate castle cap cover for the cotter pin. That might be something you can use.
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I've got both narrow taper (FS CV-720) and wider taper axles hiding somewhere in the garage with king nuts. Hard to tell what year, the car has a mix of parts in this area.
Can I figure out if it's the 13/16" fine thread by using a gauge? I've got to dig through stuff to find both axles and nuts to figure out if they're different. That will take a bit. If you don't find one, I'll be sure to get to it this weekend.
Mark
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Mark,
You should be able to measure the ID of the nut or OD of the threads to tell if it is 3/4" or 13/16".
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Alrighty, I found one of the 13/16th castle nuts (I guess I call it a king nut because kings live in a castle). I don't know if it's fine thread, but it's probably what you need.
If you still need it, send me a PM with your address and i'll mail it.
Mark
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Mark,
You should be able to measure the ID of the nut or OD of the threads to tell if it is 3/4" or 13/16". Thanks, the OD of the threads said 13/16". The ID of the nut is ~3/4" because they go into the threads. It was too many years since shop class, didn't know what I'd find.
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Good Day mshaw
I think I sent you a PM. Im not quite sure it went thru. If you didn't get it please let me know here and Ill send another one.
Bye for now
Mike
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