Is it possible to use a few washers to keep the nut on the good part of the
threads?
(Sidebar: I seem to recall that mine "bottomed-out" ie. ran out of
threads.)
Terrence N. Banbury
1967 SPITFIRE MK III
1988 Honda Accord lX
1998 Ford Expedition EB
2000 Ford Mustang GT
1973 Honda CB350G
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> From: T. .R. Dafforn[SMTP:td214@cam.ac.uk]
> Reply To: T. .R. Dafforn
> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 10:09 AM
> Cc: Spitfire List
> Subject: Re: Part II: Screwed BY Mrs. Jones
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> I tried tightening the same nut after my rebuild of the rear suspension,
> however the thread on the inner part of the bolt is stripped enough to
> prevent me from reaching the right torque...
> I was wondering wether to recut the thread to a slightly smaller (possibly
> metric size)
> What do you all reacon?
> Cheers
> Tim
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