These bolts are supposed to be Nylocs (or possibly Clevelocs). Were yours still tight enough to work?
Here is a cool web site I just discovered: www.boltscience.com Doug Braun '72 Spit At 10:58 AM 1/16/2006 -0800, you wrote: >Yesterday I was servicing the rear brakes on my 1968 Spitfire Mk III. I had >it up on stands and all the wheels off and the brake drums off. As I was >putting the brake drum back on I noticed something shiny. I looked up under >the body and saw that one of the bolts on the top of the rear swing spring >had backed its way out at least an inch! It was the oil from the diff that >was shiny. Well I finished putting the brakes together and then climbed in >and took the cover over the spring bolts off to check it out. It turns out >that of the 6 bolts holding the spring and diff together, 4 were loose! >Ooops. Needless to say, I removed the bolts, cleaned them up and put them >back on tightly this time. > >-- Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html === This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register === http://www.vtr.org === Help keep Team.Net on the air === http://www.team.net/donate.html === unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try === http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool === Other lists available at === http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo === Archives at http://www.team.net/archive === http://www.team.net/the-local === Edit your replies!
