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Mar 25, 2022 13:33:43 GMT
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It's like your sat driving a Wurlitzer jukebox or some other symbol of everything that was great about 50's Americana. Such a lovely old thing it is. Very much so. I describe it as sitting on grandmother's comfy settee, with a wurlitzer in front of you. It's a nice way to watch the world go by. |
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Mar 25, 2022 13:37:43 GMT
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Listening to that great 8 track
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Mar 25, 2022 14:44:41 GMT
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Listening to that great 8 track A few years too soon, there! Phil |
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Mar 25, 2022 22:17:23 GMT
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Listening to that great 8 track A few years too soon, there! Phil *Straight 8 track |
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Liberated from the wreckage of my garage, spare carburetor.  Replaced the missing screws. Tightened them well this time (they have shakeproof washers so heck only knows why that fell to bits). Drives better now. |
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Liberated from the wreckage of my garage, spare carburetor. Replaced the missing screws. Tightened them well this time (they have shakeproof washers so heck only knows why that fell to bits). Drives better now. Because shakeproof washers only make you feel better. They don't actually do anything. Like using a nyloc nut on a bolt that's too short to enter the nylon. |
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Mar 26, 2022 14:18:05 GMT
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Because shakeproof washers only make you feel better. They don't actually do anything. Like using a nyloc nut on a bolt that's too short to enter the nylon. They must have some redeeming qualities, else GM wouldn't have fit them. |
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Mar 26, 2022 19:58:29 GMT
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They were a thing back then but testing later found they did nothing (in fact they make torque retention worse) hence why all the oem's stopped using them after about 1980, a dab of blue loctite is your best bet.
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jimi
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Mar 26, 2022 23:38:27 GMT
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Well that's opened that can   All the info/"research" I've seen in the past on this subject relates to the use of helical split washers, there are many other types and little is said about them. Personally I think they all have their uses if used correctly for the application. Loctite is good if the correct type for the application is correctly applied and the threads are clean, oil, chemicals etc can render it next to useless. If it's safety related then castellated nuts & split pins or wirelocking or nylocks is the way to go I.M.O. of course  |
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Black is not a colour ! .... Its the absence of colour
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Mar 27, 2022 12:44:08 GMT
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Or Nordlock washers.
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Mar 27, 2022 13:27:30 GMT
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Those are the ones where a tiny Viking holds on to it with all his strength while screaming, right? |
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Last Edit: Mar 27, 2022 13:27:43 GMT by varelse
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jimi
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Mar 27, 2022 18:21:43 GMT
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Nord-Lock washers are good, so are Belleville washers if there's heat cycling involved, used both on high power electrical equipment offshore. |
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Black is not a colour ! .... Its the absence of colour
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Mar 27, 2022 18:55:33 GMT
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They're all useless if you don't tighten the nut properly first.
Lock washers and tabs are only really any use to show you care about the fastener coming undone, but they aren't particularly effective. Lockwire is mostly there to cause blood sacrifices to the god of bits not falling off, although it might help to hold any broken bits in place.
Nylocs are effective, but not the ones you see where the bolt doesn't protrude through them. Ordinary nuts should be the same. Nylocs are useless on exhausts...
loctite is good, and easy to use if the parts are degreased first. It's main disadvantage is that unlike all the other methods, there is no visual clue that it's been used.
And if you really want to start a bitter argument, make a definitive statement about whether a jam nut goes above or below the normal one.....
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jimi
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Mar 27, 2022 21:46:28 GMT
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No wish to start any arguments or clutter Phil's thread any further, we will just have to agree to disagree on this subject.  Ohh, and it goes below |
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Black is not a colour ! .... Its the absence of colour
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Mar 31, 2022 10:13:31 GMT
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loctite is good, and easy to use if the parts are degreased first. It's main disadvantage is that unlike all the other methods, there is no visual clue that it's been used. one vast benefit (in my experience) of chemical thread lock is that seems to preserve the threads from corrosion as well as deter shaking undone |
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 It's good to be back on the road again. Phil |
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Perfect Monday morning post.
Trust you had a big grin too.
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It’s good to see you back on the road again 🙂
Nick
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1967 Triumph Vitesse convertible (old friend)
1996 Audi A6 2.5 TDI Avant (still durability testing)
1972 GT6 Mk3 (Restored after loong rest & getting the hang of being a car again)
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Continued tearing down the remains of the garage. Doesn't look like much but that was a lot of work.  Unearthed the DVR, which has been sat upside down in the rain for six months.  Surprisingly it booted up and showed there the last recorded images before the power went out on the morning of the hurricane. Phil |
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Blimey - get onto Dell with that story, see if they'll spring you a new one if they can use the story for marketing perhaps?
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