W?H 516-H Deck Wheels

[Marty Taylor 4]

Deck wheel/tire came off while mowing... put it back on but came off again after 10 minutes.  Is there supposed to be a locknut washer or is the nut torqued at a specific psi?  Any suggestions at this point would be helpful.  Much thanks.

[953 nut 60,246]

If you torque the shoulder bolt to 35 ft/lb it should stay put.

[Marty Taylor 4]

50 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

If you torque the shoulder bolt to 35 ft/lb it should stay put.

Thanks Richard... Glad a Sailor helped a Marine.   Happy Veterans Day (in a couple weeks)

[davem1111 2,164]

Hmmmm.... I think all mine have those nylon locking nuts on them. If you don't have those, maybe you can pick some up. Just a thought.  Torquing them good like @953 nut said should be enough though.

 

BTW, on the topic of deck wheels, I actually found some the right size and diameter with built-in sealed bearings at Rural King for like $7 each. Haven't tried them out yet but I think they're going to be a big improvement over all the wear I'm seeing from the stock ones with bushings.

[953 nut 60,246]

14 minutes ago, Marty Taylor said:

. Glad a Sailor helped a Marine. 

My first duty station was onboard an AKA, attack cargo amphibious. This is one of the ships that transported Marines to the beach and dropped them, their vehicles and gear off at the beach.          Sooooo, I've had practice helping Marines. 

During the summer we would make a trip to US Marine Base Camp Lejeune to pick up a crew of Marine and Navy Reservists who were doing their two week training session. We would go through the whole deployment exercise with them, load the vehicles and supplies, have them climb the rope netting onto the ship, head out to sea far enough that they could buy non-duty cigarettes ( this was in 1964), head back toward the beach, launch the landing boats, load them up and drop them at the beach. During the week they were playing war games we would go back out to sea and do our own training with Navy reservists we had on board.

Next step was to retrieve the Marines and all their stuff, head to Lejeune, unload everything and everyone, take liberty in Jacksonville, NC and then start the whole process the next week.

The USS Muliphen AKA-61 is now an artificial reef of shore of Fort Pierce FL. Six of us who had served on the Mighty Mule had the pleasure of riding it out on the final voyage and opening the valves that allowed seawater to slowly enter the hull. Those of us who were aboard then transferred to a tugboat and watched her go down from a safe distance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Marty Taylor 4]

Great Story 953Nut...  I trained at Lejeune Nov. '70 thru Feb. '71.  Guess you have seen all the ads from lawyers in reference to the drinking water at Lejeune.  After Camp Lejeune I went to Naval Communication Training Center (NCTC) - Pensacola for MOS training.  Small platoon of Marines in NCTC...only Marine in my class of 22.  Made some great friends with the sailors in Pensacola.  After NCTC received orders to 'Nam and was in Okinawa when my Battalion was ordered out of 'Nam and sent to Marine Corps Air Station in Kaneohe, Hawaii.  Discharged from Travis AFB in CA in Aug73.

 

My Dad was also in the Marines in WW II.  Lost a leg on Iwo Jima, but it didn't stop him from having a family of 8 kids (7 boys).

 

Enjoyed talking to you... and thanks for the help with the deck wheel.