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96 850 Should axle nut have lock ring?

Help, Advice and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's P80 platform cars -- Volvo's 1990s "bread and butter" cars -- powered by the ubiquitous and durable Volvo inline 5-cylinder engine.

1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
1997 - 2004 C70

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JimBee
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96 850 Should axle nut have lock ring?

Post by JimBee »

I believe the axle on my '93 850 which I replaced several years ago had a thin ring designed to be dimpled into a slot in the axle to lock it in place. The 31 mm nut included with the after market replacement axle I just installed on a 96 850 doesn't have that. The current one is on the driver's side, so forward rotation of the hub will be in the "unthreading" direction of the nut, with only the torqued tightness to hold it.
Is the included nut the right one to use?

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Post by erikv11 »

No lock rings on the P80 axle nuts, I have done at least a dozen 95+ ones.
'95 854 T-5R, Motronic 4.4, 185k
'98 V70, T5 tune-injectors-turbo, LPT engine, 304k, daily driver
'06 S60 R, 197k
'07 XC70, black, 205k
'07 XC70, willow green, 212k
'99 Camry V6 :shock: 153k
gone: '96 NA 850 210k, '98 NA V70 182k, '98 S70 NA 225k, '96 855 NA 169k

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