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Originally Posted by CamaroCracka
When I took my axle nuts off my SS, they were staked from the factory so when I installed the 1LE axles I staked those too. The pinion nut looks just like that axle nut (different size) and it is staked as well. That thin flange at the end of the nut is what is meant to be staked. I just put a punch on it and give it a few whacks with a 48oz maul.
Some axle nuts are purposely distorted (oval shaped) so they can't work their way off. If you reuse it too many times it will approach round, and since they can't be staked, create a problem. If I reuse an axle nut on my Silverado, I put Loctite on it. I don't really like reusing them, but when you take CVs out frequently, chasing down axle nuts gets old.
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Thank you, will stake them now, my V6 axle nuts weren't but they were smaller.