Tim, the illustrations are exactly what mine look like. My lock washers look like the were original to the truck. They are much thicker than normal lock washers. As bartamos pointed out, the stack up (washer & nut) align the hole to the slots in the castle nut perfectly.

I guess my concern is should it be a thick flat washer or a lock washer. I an sure that there are many “bolters” out there that have disassembled this connection that could help us figure this out.



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