"Ted" > wrote in message
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> "R. Mark Clayton" > wrote in message
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>> "mOOnEyEs" > wrote in message
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>>>I have an e36 318i '94. The nut on the half shaft which locates the hub
>>>on my car keeps undoing?
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>>> I have used new nuts and torqued to 200Nm, used thread lock, and
>>> hammered over the castelated part of the nut.
>>>
>>> What would be causing this? Any ideas?
>>>
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>> Are the half shafts sided (as on Rolls Royce) so that one side is
>> anti-clockwise so that as the wheel turns it tends to do up?
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> near side (kerb) should be left hand thread.
> off side should be right hand thread.

Please - left and right, this is a multi-national group.

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> if either is still undoing then there is some mechanical fault involved.
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> get a "very good" mechanic to check bearings, alignments, joints etc.
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