1951 Crosley Sport -- how? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**dennislbrooks** · 01-14-2022, 08:09 PM

The rear axles on a Crosley are a tapered key shaft with a castle nut and cotter key. The rear drum is also the hub that is female taper.

Do I treat this like a wheel bearing?? Tighten it to snug, maybe backoff for a slot to put the cotter key thru. Or do you always go tighter to get the cotter key thru?

These cast iron tapered drum/hubs are precious. You do not want to crack one. The key is put in after the hub is placed on the tapered axle pushed in just far enough to start the castle nut which finishes pushing the key in to tight.

01-14-2022, 08:09 PM	#1
dennislbrooks Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Williamsburg, Ohio Posts: 1,764	1951 Crosley Sport -- how? The rear axles on a Crosley are a tapered key shaft with a castle nut and cotter key. The rear drum is also the hub that is female taper. Do I treat this like a wheel bearing?? Tighten it to snug, maybe backoff for a slot to put the cotter key thru. Or do you always go tighter to get the cotter key thru? These cast iron tapered drum/hubs are precious. You do not want to crack one. The key is put in after the hub is placed on the tapered axle pushed in just far enough to start the castle nut which finishes pushing the key in to tight. __________________ 1942 Chevy 1/2 ton Rod, 1959 GMC 1/2 ton Fleet Stepside, 1967 Chevy SWB K10, 1985 Corvette Coupe 4+3, 2015 Chevy Duramax reg cab 4WD W/T Last edited by dennislbrooks; 01-14-2022 at 08:11 PM. Reason: words



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