Rear transmssion nut locking tab

[Roverguy]

Final assembly on my 02 box.  The rear nut on the trans I'm putting in had the locking washer underneath the nut. My spare box had no nut!

 

Realoem seems to show the locking tab washer as going on last.  I am guessing once the nut is properly torqued the lock washed gets tapped into the housing with the washer lined up around the nut and the friction against the inside of the housing keeps it in place? Obviously with loctite also.

 

Please confirm.

[tzei]

Washer lid is tapped to recess of housing and prevents nut from turning.

[TobyB]

negatory on the confirmatory, confirmation- needing supplicant.

 

There's a divot out of the flange in one place- you tap the edge of the flange to expand it into that divot,

and that's what secures it against turning.

 

I find loctite to work better.

 

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[Roverguy]

Got it.

 

I finally found the detail in Haynes manual.

 

So hack mechanic, no pun intended.

Guy who replaced the seal on the trans that was in the car not only had the washer under the nut, which meant I had to dig it out to get my 30 mm socket, but supposedly rebuilt the trans.  NOT! It had been pulled, who knows what was done, but had a nice shiney silver paint job.  It whined like a 48 Dodge square cut and within 100 miles would keep getting stuck in 2 gears.

 

The good box a fellow member gave me had no locknut, but the oil was really clean and it sounded nice and smooth when I turned it by hand.

 

Replaced front/rear/speedo/shift selector and rev light switch.

 

Truth will be told when I drive it.

 

Thanks for the help.