Originally Posted by
Spoonrobot
How are you doing this?
You are most likely over-torquing one part of the system and under-torquing the other.
This is incorrect and most likely the cause of your problem. Install once to correct torque and leave it alone. The lockring doesn't need to be crazy tight, it's not actually holding the cog in place. You want it to be able to tighten if the cog loosens. The cog is held in place by torque, this is true even if you are skidding. It's not the lockring, it's the cog being properly torqued.
I can't find the link for left-hand threading jam nuts but this article covers the basics.
http://www.boltscience.com/pages/twonuts.htm
Thanks, I'm straight on how jam nut systems work. I have been told as far as torque spec that i should go basically as hard as i can by one local mech(which again, being 250, i can lean on and torque the hell out of probably more than he can.) "Til the tool hurts your hand" is what another told me. Honestly, I am not making this up, and I may be getting bad advice.
I'm totally willing to believe i am gorilla-ing the lockring, but i don't know how i'd check torque with a stamped-steel lockring tool like my Park. I have used lockrings in engines before with a special socket that can fit a torque wrench, which i have, but not a socket that will fit a lockring.