Lock washers are not particularly effective. You can find all-metal self-locking nuts that would probably work OK. They have a tight, slightly springy top part that makes them hard to turn on the stud.
Or maybe replace the studs and nuts with bolts that you can safety-wire. Doug Braun '72 Spit At 10:32 AM 4/4/2005 -0700, you wrote: >I have the same issues with mine. I have to replace the gasket again. >What I noticed on mine is that the nuts worked themselves loose. In fact, I >checked the pipe after several weeks and saw that all three nuts have almost >worked themselves off completely! If the pipe was not attached to the >transmission bell housing, it may have flopped off alltogether! What are some >suggestions for nuts that work themselves loose? Should I use a lock washer? > >Thanks, >Ed. >'66 Herald *** http://www.team.net/the-local *** Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html *** unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try *** http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool *** http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo *** Archives at http://www.team.net/archive *** Edit your replies!
