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Hub nut confusion :s
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 1:10 pm
by Merlin
I hope someone may know the answer to this. Why do I have 36mm hub nuts on the front of my 4th gen?
I need to get a new hub nut as one of my ones is a bit chewed up. Vanzep gave me a spare one but it was a different size (24mm) so I thought that was wrong. Looking at Lings both the UK 94 th gen and UK 97 5th gen use 24mm hub nuts
Why do I have different? Is it a JDM thing?
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 1:18 pm
by NafemanNathan
You sure the 36mm isn't the size of the socket and the 24mm is M24?
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 1:20 pm
by Merlin
Hmmmm I am all confused now. You are probably right. I need to speak with 3rd gen Steve to see why the spare one wouldn't fit
A new nut from Honda is only a fiver.
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 1:28 pm
by NafemanNathan
So have you actually tried Nick's 24mm nut?
You got a picture so we can see the difference?
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 1:33 pm
by Merlin
I don't know the issue as it was Steve putting the hub nut on
I have gone an ordered two brand new nuts anyway. I'll have a look at all of them (original, spare, and new ones) on Saturday and report back.
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 1:39 pm
by Merlin
Just thinking, it could be that the spline size of the front and rear spindles are the same but they take different nuts with outer diameter sizes?. Doesnt the rear nut take a 32mm socket? It could have been a nut for the rear that nick gave me
Edit - Nope it isnt that. Lings says the spindle is 22mm
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 1:59 pm
by wurlycorner
Merlin wrote:Why do I have different? Is it a JDM thing?
Because you're special?
No difference in the hubs UKDM/JDM that I'm aware of.
I have a brand new oem rear hub nut at home I can measure the thread and A/F size for tonight to confirm that out of interest...
It looks like this once fitted, if that's any help
Can't quite make out the socket size
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 2:04 pm
by NafemanNathan
wurlycorner wrote:Can't quite make out the socket size
I've got 2 impact sockets at home, one 32mm and one 36mm. The 32mm was/is for the Aerodeck/3rd gen Prelude, the 36mm is for the 4th gen Prelude
A lot of people make the mistake of gauging a nut by it's across-flats (A/F) dimension and not by it's actual thread size, hence my first statement.
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 2:12 pm
by Merlin
I was always sure of it in my mind that you need a 36mm socket for the front and a 32mm for the back. What threw me is why the spare nut from Vanzep didnt fit, yet it was able to thread onto a spare driveshaft
Like I say I'll find out on Saturday.
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 2:21 pm
by lewd lude lover
36mm socket for my S.