problem with my nuts

[bustitup]

ahemmmmm

ok I have a .187 flex shaft with a 3/16" prop shaft and i cant get my prop nuts to screw on .....its like very tight and wants to make new threads as i try to screw it on


now on my .150 flex shaft with 3/16" prop shaft my nuts go right on no prob

what am I missing?

[Flying Scotsman]

What make of flex shaft. It sounds like you have a metric design

Douggie

[Meniscus]

I'm sorry to hear you're having difficulty with your nuts...

That being said, are they made by the same manufacturer?

I recently had an issue with prop shafts that were a hair too large to get the drive dog to slip over. I ended up doing some very very light filing on the inside of the drive dog to make it work. Understand, it wasn't much of a difference and I used almost no pressure.

[nate]

I'd Just go get a whole new set of nuts and be done with it.

[bustitup]

I have no idea what brand or make they are...guess i will just have to take it to the hardware store

[sailr]

Maybe you really have a 5mm shaft?

[kookie_guy]

it's likely metric

[Jesse J]

So, you got metrically challenged nuts?? or maybe u just need bigger ones...

[kookie_guy]

So, you got metrically challenged nuts?? or maybe u just need bigger ones...

can't be bigger ones because he says they start to screw on, but then get very tight. If he went up in size on the nut, it would likely just slip right over the threads.

A 3/16 shaft will have either M5 or 10-32 threads. If you take a 10-32 nut and try to put it on an M5 screw, you get the exact result he describes.

[bustitup]

Sir I think u r correct.......

can't be bigger ones because he says they start to screw on, but then get very tight. If he went up in size on the nut, it would likely just slip right over the threads.

A 3/16 shaft will have either M5 or 10-32 threads. If you take a 10-32 nut and try to put it on an M5 screw, you get the exact result he describes.

[bustitup]

ok I found an m5 nut and it went on smooth as silk

next potential problem the nut is a nylon lock nut with a built on washer...this washer and the nut for that matter is a larger diameter than the shaft of the prop itself.....could this be a problem

[j.m.]

How many nuts are you having trouble with?

1..? 2? Or all three of them??

[SweetAccord]

How many nuts are you having trouble with?

1..? 2? Or all three of them??

I have two and yeah I was having an issue with my nuts lately too. I told my girl friend about it and she fixed them for me. She's pretty handy.

[bwells]

Good answer

[kookie_guy]

I have two and yeah I was having an issue with my nuts lately too. I told my girl friend about it and she fixed them for me. She's pretty handy.

so you're saying she's had lots of practice right? lol, I kid I kid.