Removing wheel nut

My 49 front mount 12 volt has two thin nuts and the snap ring like the IT manual exploded diagram for the rear wheel. I was comparing one to the other.

However, my 51 side mount 6 volt only has a one and a half inch nut on one rear wheel and on the other it has the same but also what appears to be a small sliding plate behind it. It will freely turn.

I didnt have a problem with the side with the thick nut. Removed the wheel found a spring unhooked on the drum plate. Hooked back up the spring, cleaned up the brake drum, mounted the wheel back on Applied 400 lbs torque. No more play in the wheel.

I was feeling good after that but you all know how it is with these things you accomplish one thing and then hit a brick wall on another.

Here is the problem. On the other wheel with the thick single nut and undernetah sliding plate, the nut is stripped or the threads on the shaft are stripped so that the nut will turn either way butit will not tighten or come off.

I believe I am goign to have to saw it off and then rethreasd the axle and replace the large nut.

Is this single large nut set-up a different way 8n wheels were mounted instead of the mutliple nuts washers and snap rings?

Did other model 8ns come with a single large nut or is this a make shift replacement?

Is sawing it off the best way to get it off?

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Sounds like yer current rearaxle nut is some machineshop makey-doo. Do what ever it takes to gitter-off.

The rearaxle threads usually wear from WORN tapered splined hub. ($50, cheap) ..... .Dell

I figured it was a make shift part.

Going to have to use a Saws-all I beleiev to get that nut off.

I got the 450 lbs of torque with a two foot heavy duty rachet, a three foot long cheater bar and this 260 lb body.

Appreciate it!

Are you sure it isn't one of these?

Axle Clamp Lock Nut - Clamp lock nut, rear axle, 1-1 4". For 8N, NAA, Jubilee. This improved nut helps to prevent premature wear on both axle and hub. (The ring on the original type can fall out or rust out which allows the nut to come loose). This nut stays tight! Replaces CBPN-4179-A and 8N4187. (Part No: LN10-21)

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It is rather large. It is about an inch and a half deep.

Nothing else on the axle except this nut. Except the underneath plate that will spin in either direction. This plate is about a half inch bigger in diameter than the nut.

Looks just like any old nut you might put on any bolt, it is just a very large size with the correct thread size.

I assume it was a work around.

I am going to change both of them out to the proper set-up like you have linked.

Only conceren is that I do have a worn spline that is causing too much play in the hub.

That might be my next post.

Appreciate it!

They made a huge difference.