Ok, so here’s a stupid question for everyone. I am mounting my new titan hose reels and on the handle side, there are 2 wing nuts with 2 nylock nuts above them. Can anyone tell me what these are for? Here’s a pic.
The parts diagram below is for the aluminum but I would assume it’s similar. he Hannay reel I have has a mechanism by the handle that you can lock down to keep it from turning. It looks like Titan uses the wing nuts to accomplish the same thing. I bet they just placed the nylon lock nuts on the wrong bolts.
The wing nuts are #14. They need to go on the bolts labeled #13. From your picture it looks like the wing nuts are in the right spot. The lock nuts shouldn’t be there.
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@marinegrunt is correct. The wing nuts are for the brake on the reel. It prevents the real from free spinning when pulling off the hose.
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Yep. And I’m pretty sure the lock nuts are there just so you don’t lose the wing nuts
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Thanks guys! Makes perfect sense…NOW! Haha!
