I remember a problem that the nuts from some suppliers were too thick to fully
engage the locking part of the thread. Someone from Australia or New Zealand
had posted that thereâ??d been failures. AH Spares agreed it could be a problem
and sent me different nuts, but I ended up using fujilock nuts, which have a
stainless locking featureâ?¦.no loosening so far.
Stephen, BJ8
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> On Nov 24, 2024, at 7:10â?¯AM, Bob Haskell <rchaskell@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> As the large washer and the pin can't rotate, I wonder what would cause
> the nyloc nuts to loosen. The rubber bushings got shorter? Might be
> interesting to put witness marks on the nuts and the chassis to see if the
> nuts are rotating.
>
> Bob Haskell
> Austin-Healey 3000 roadster registrar
>
>> On 11/24/24 00:22, Bob Spidell via Healeys wrote:
>> Try blue threadlocker and report back.
>>
>>
>>> On 11/23/2024 5:09 PM, goldengt@cal.net wrote:
>>> I found my inner A arm bushing lock nuts all loose today. These are Moss
>>> parts. Nylock nuts are not appropriate for those nuts. I should have used
>>> my old pins that have castellated nuts and cotter pins. I think if one
>>> keeps the Nylock nuts, they should be tightened at every lubrication
>>> interval. This is after 20000 miles.
>>> Ken Freese
>>> 65 BJ8
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