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12-06-2016, 10:41 PM | #1 |
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Suspension scraping inside of wheel
Still learning about my 2006 Precedent. I had some custom lighting put in and when I got the cart back the front right wheel was making a loud scraping noise. I looked at the inside of the wheel and could see the suspension where the leaf spring attaches was contacting the inside of the wheel. See arrow in picture below
When I jacked the cart up and took the weight off the spring I could see the suspension was no longer touching the inside of the wheel. I could see that the nut (arrow below) appeared to be loose allowing the suspension to drop when the weight was on the springs. I took the wheel off, tightened the nut and then put the wheel back on and no more scraping. There is no lock washer on this nut. I have no idea how tight it should be (I torqued it to about 1 grunt). I have no history on this cart. I don't know if someone had been working on the suspension and did not put all the parts back. Should there be a lock washer? How tight should the nut be torqued? Any advice would be helpful |
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12-07-2016, 05:32 PM | #2 |
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Re: Suspension scraping inside of wheel
That's a dimple lock nut. It's factory and it's not supposed to have a lock washer. The dimple in the nut serves as "lock" for the nut. If it's constantly backing off, replace the nut with a new one.
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12-09-2016, 07:02 AM | #3 |
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Re: Suspension scraping inside of wheel
Thanks. I found a service manual on line. Those are the kingpin nuts and they get tightened to 70 ft-lbs.
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12-09-2016, 07:48 AM | #4 |
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Re: Suspension scraping inside of wheel
every time i have seen that scrape on the wheel it has been the spring bushings
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12-09-2016, 12:05 PM | #5 |
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12-09-2016, 12:28 PM | #6 |
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Re: Suspension scraping inside of wheel
Spring bushings can cause it every time. I've seen that plenty myself. When I worked for the dealer we had a local golf course that evidently got a bad batch of kingpin nuts when the carts were built at the factory. Had to go out there and change them both on all 65 carts because they kept backing off and causing the spring to scrub inside the rim. Other than that one instance, I've seen it a handful of times since.
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