Rear axle nut and seal

[Mick bibby]

Hi hopefully someone can help with this , I am struggling to get my rear drivers side nut and seal on my axle , it goes on about half a turn by hand and will only go about another half a turn with the socket before it goes really tight, I bought another kit of nuts and seals from the Octagon club thinking by some chance I had I faulty nut( very very unlikely I know) but that was the same! I bought a thread file thinking I could take a few thou off but that’s not working, the passenger side went on no problem, any suggestions ? The threads look fine the old nut that came off was also a bit tight but not like this .

[Steve Simmons]

A friend had this issue. Eventually we had to force it on and off a couple times and then it was ok. Multiple nuts had the same problem on his axle, just on the right (driver's) side.

[Mick bibby]

Cheers Steve that’s interesting,will give it a go its holding my build up ,I thought about putting some fine grinding paste on and winding it on a few times

[Rob Reilly]

Hi Mick,
As I remember, you have a TA?
I went through this back on April 14, 2021 and wrote about it on the MG Experience T Series Forum.
Search "TA Rear Axle Hubs" if this doesn't work.
https://www.mgexp.com/forum/t-series-an ... sg-4321993

[Rob Reilly]

I discovered that I wrote it up here too.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=60621&p=249888&hili ... bs#p249888

[Mick bibby]

Hi guys thanks for your advise all sorted , I used a bit on fine valve grinding paste and wizzed it on and off a dozen times or more . All buttoned up