Installing new control arms on a 65. When I tighten the spindle nut barely part hand tight the cotter pin hole lines up between slots in the nut. Even if I torque to the high end of the range the hole is covered too much for a pin to go through.
Should I try a washer to see if that changes things?
Oh, and those new control arms don't take much grease before it starts oozing out of places. What am I doing wrong?
What this means is the taper isn't quite correct either on the BJ or on the spindle.
As awhtx mentioned, you can place a washer prior to installing the nut, so that when things are tightened the cotter pin hole is at the correct height to line up with slots in the nut.... to accept the cotter pin.
Not a common issue, but it does happen.
The factory upper control arms suck, if that's what you're talking about. They either take grease when new because they have poor tolerances and then ooze it out everywhere or they don't take grease cuz they're tight...... either way they will squeak at some point in the future. (they have lots of other bad attributes as well, like they're wimpy, they have poor geometry, the motion ratio is improper, etc.)
ex-Global West GM
1991-1995