Every fastener was replaced on my TR6 when I put it back together - I don't
believe in re-using old, 30+ year old hardware. Every fastener holding
suspension, engine, tranny, body mounts, etc is Grade 8. The only non-grade
8's are the fasteners that are exposed directly to element such as the ones
that hold the fenders to the body shell. Those are stainless. Finally,
just about every nut is Nyloc unless of course, it is designed not to do so.
For example, the nuts holding the halfshafts to my R200 short nose
differential are special Nissan metric locking nuts.
EVERY bolt on my car has anti-seize. I did this because I know one day I
will take it apart and don't want to worry about galling bolts. I use
LocTite very sparingly and only under certain conditions. Once again,
components will need to be taken apart and I don't want to end up breaking
something in order to do so. I have also safety wired all bolts that hold
calipers (front and back) in place. Header bolts are also safety wired in
place.
I restored my daily driver 11 years ago. It is an '84 XJ6 Jaguar with an
LT1 Vette engine. I used the same techniques as I did on my TR6 regarding
bolts. Not once have I had any issues or failures.
Joe
'72 TR6 - CC77169
http://www.bowtie6.com/
_______________________________________________
Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html
6pack@autox.team.net
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/6pack
http://www.team.net/archive
|