'49 car spindle castle nut

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by cas3

From memory, the early ones are tall, and later ones are short with a larger wrench size, like whats pictured. I should have one. Whats the wrench size ?

Q: Are the large spindle castle nuts all the same?
A: No. There is two different nuts for the early Ford spindles. 1928-35 Have a larger (taller) nut. In 1936, Ford went to a shorter castle nut. All threads are the same (3/4-16) See > Q&A's at https://prewarford.com/blogs/technic...identification