In a message dated 4/4/2005 3:04:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>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. ====== Admittedly, Ed didn't specify what car he was referring to, but I'll assume it was the Herald as per his .sig line. Seems to me that a lock washer ought to work as well as anything in most such applications (although perhaps NOT on the UK-spec twin-pipe manifold, where apparently nothing works!), seeing as that is what was originally called for. I'd be leery of the all-metal self-locking nuts, as some of them tend to be pretty brutal on whatever bolt or stud they're used on. --Andy Mace *** 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!
