Nylocs
Is it an old wives tale or is it true with nyloc nuts that they should only be fully tightened once ? Continual loosening and re-tightening makes the grip weaker. I'm looking to tighten the suspension nuts but I know they will have to come off again in the future.
Cheers Peter |
Peter,
I am under the same impression and have changed all my suspension Nyloc’s for full nuts while I mock everything up then will change back to Nyloc’s for the final fitment. Cheers Ginge |
Strictly speaking, it is a general recommendation that Nyloc nuts are used only once.
Why not get a handfull of M12 plain nuts for test fitting the suspension Or pack some washers under the Nyloc nut to pevent the nylon bit getting dammaged ;) EDIT Beat me too it Ginge :D :D |
Yes Nylocks should only be used once.
But if in doubt, use some nut lock as well... |
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My motto, if in doubt, give it a squirt .... Quite funny when someone says " What daft idiot put thread loc on that " :o :o |
Cheers lads
You've confirmed my suspicions. Talk about senior moments, it never occurred to me to use plain nuts until the final fitting . Doh !! |
Its actually mentioned in the book to use normal nuts for suspension, then pop the nylocs on when its virtually finished.
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the rule is thay only work once and must be replaced every time
i have seen them come undone inservice before you could use philadas/bent beam nuts insted but i bung new ones of thease too i used nut lock one time and it melted the nylon ring :eek: |
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