I‘m entered in an Autocross on Sunday, and my 2017 GT was just in for camber adjustment and alignment. They said the front left wheel bearing nut was VERY loose, and they had trouble getting it torqued back properly. He was surprised there is no cotter pin. Ended up using blue Loctite and telling me to “keep an eye on it”. Well, yeah. Nothing to screw around with and I’m concerned I won’t be able to get this resolved in 24 hrs.
I assume he meant the axle/spindle nut? There’s nothing else holding the wheel bearing on right? LOL. All my free time goes into improving my driving - No time to be a mechanic.
I’m pretty sure that’s a one-time use nut, so at best Ive got to find a new one ASAP. But also I‘m wondering what might have caused this that needs to be addressed (symptom of larger problem), as well as what damage may have ensued from the nut being loose? Not sure I can just slap a new nut on with Loctite and go run hard.
Any advice welcome. Is there a better option that the OEM nut? Do I maybe have bigger problems? And is using red loctite better perhaps?
THANKS!
I assume he meant the axle/spindle nut? There’s nothing else holding the wheel bearing on right? LOL. All my free time goes into improving my driving - No time to be a mechanic.
I’m pretty sure that’s a one-time use nut, so at best Ive got to find a new one ASAP. But also I‘m wondering what might have caused this that needs to be addressed (symptom of larger problem), as well as what damage may have ensued from the nut being loose? Not sure I can just slap a new nut on with Loctite and go run hard.
Any advice welcome. Is there a better option that the OEM nut? Do I maybe have bigger problems? And is using red loctite better perhaps?
THANKS!