I don't think you should overdo it when replacing nuts and bolts. These days those parts seem to be more and more cheaply made in the Far East somewhere.
Unless you have a ready source of high-quality fasteners, sooner or later you might replace a old but sound part with a shiny but defective one. Besides, what if your employer or spouse treated you the same way? :-) Of course there are certain jobs (like replacing front suspension bushes) where using a new fastener is standard procedure... Doug Braun '72 Spit At 09:14 AM 6/26/02 +0100, Richard Gosling wrote: >Kim, > >As a general principle, I always replace all nuts, bolts, bushes and seals >with new whenever I replace any part on my car. At the very least you are >replacing a potentially worn, fatigued, and rusty nut/bolt with a shiny new >one, at worst you may damage the threads or have to cut the old bolt out if >it is seized or badly rusty, or you may damamge the thread, so then they >would have to be replaced with new. Also they do up much easier when they >are new! This not only makes assembly easier, but is important for >achieving the correct torque setting when tightening. /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
