Am I the only one that's lost the large gold 1 1/2" nut on the right/mag side of the rear axle? I thought I heard of someone else that lost theirs a month ago or so. Just HOW in the world does Cat expect those nuts to stay in place??? No lock washer, no nylock, no set screw... I don't think there was even any loctite on it. Before my trip up north this past weekend, I mad DAMN sure it was on as tight as I could reasonably get it with the supplied wrench in the tool bag. I even went so far as to wrap a ring of wire around the few visible threads of the shaft, just in case the nut worked it's way loose so it wouldn't fall off. Well, if anyone's ridin' in the U.P the next few days, keep an eye out for mine will ya'?! I didn't have any problems running the sled with it missing, as I don't think anything is going anywhere, but I'm going to take a good close look at things tonight to make sure everything is OK. Without that nut locking the rear idler assembly, I imagine it's quite possible for the rear idler bearing bushings to be too loose and sloppy, thus letting the idler bearings spin on the shaft??? We'll see.
Anyway, take a look to make sure yours is still there, and you just MIGHT want to get the tool outta' the bag and make darn sure that nut is on as tight as you can get it. -- Roy
Anyway, take a look to make sure yours is still there, and you just MIGHT want to get the tool outta' the bag and make darn sure that nut is on as tight as you can get it. -- Roy