pic: Off-Season Drive Project

[Aren Siekmeier]

Originally Posted by Brandon_L

Is there a reason that thread locking screws aren't used in that situation more commonly? We ran them this year on our wheel axles, with e-clips on the inside and we've never had to adjust them and never had any issues. We use them pretty frequently on other assemblies as well and I love them.

How many uses is the nylon good for? We remove wheels all the time, not just for wheel maintenance, but also for shaft maintenance and if they got in the way of something else because our design was too constrained... We've used bolts, washers, and loctite in the past because drilling and tapping the hole seemed like the easier way to go, rather than machining a groove, but in the interest of maintenance, we'll definitely check out snap rings for the future. If you bother to machine the grooves and have the right tools, it seems far more convenient.