ThunderHex Bearing Explained

[mman1506]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Can anyone comment on using washers and bolts into the ends of tapped axles to secure wheels and sprockets? The one time we did it in 2011, we had some of them unscrew over time. I'm assuming a nylon patch screw wouldn't.

We surprisingly had no problems with securing wheels like this on our WCD last year with a little bit of blue loctite. It might of helped that we tried to keep the shafts length tolerances in the negative direction so the screws would take up slop to prevent any ratcheting action. Snap rings are still significantly faster to manufacture.