Cush drive retaining ring

[Murf]

As it was a rainy day I decided to remove the cush drive retaining ring, removed the Cush drive clean it up and rebuild it ready for the wheel to go back on. 
I drilled out the staking but the retaining ring was very tight and was not going to budge with a tool  that only fitted two of the four holes.
 I then made up a tool to fit the four holes and with the help of a rattle gun it was soon moving and came off.

I have got to finish cleaning everything up yet but I am after some info for when I replace it
 Should it be tightened fully down, Should it be re staked
Thanks

[neat street]

Hi Murf, yes it should be re-staked to stop it comming undone, I used an ajustable pin key for an angle grinder which also worked for the head bearing nut. From meemory, the book states a torque setting? I will try and double check later, useful to clean and add a small amount of copper grease to the threads, I did screw back and forth for a while to make sure the ring went on smoothly so as not to `fool you` into thinking it was tighter than you thought.

[neat street]

Hi Murf, I had a check in the book, there is no reference to any torque settings, and also does not mension staking but says use thread lock?? on other posts/videos I have seen shows cleaning the threads and re-staking the bearing retainer which is what I have done on mine.... maybe some others maay be able to shed some light on what they do/have done/recomend. 

[taysidedragon]

If it's like the bearing retainer on the 400f I restaked mine.

[Oddjob]

Never restaked one and never had one come loose. They are designed so that they tighten up with wheel rotation, hence why they are reverse threaded. A drop of thread lock is all that’s required.

I would strongly suggest that you grease the sliding surfaces on the hub and cush drive or it will be junk in a few years. MolyD works well there.

[exvalvesetdabbler]

If it's going in where it was previously staked it will be a tight fit anyway even with a new ring.  I just tightened it up and put a discrete center punch mark on the ring and hub to keep an eye on it. Hasn't moved in 20 years.

I'm referring to the wheel bearing retainer rings above.

Regards
Dave

[Murf]

Thanks for all the advice, I am probably not going to stake it when I do put it back, however that has been delayed for a bit, while I had it off I noticed that the wheel bearings had a bit of a notchy feel so decided to get some new and change them. Well why not!  at this point I have just about changed everything anyway!!!. ☹️ just a few more ££££ down the money pit,  it’s either 😂or 😢. 

[Bryanj]

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