Engineering studies tell us that the soft material of the lock tabs vs. hard
metal to hard metal, is self defeating, especially if you dont use the tabs.
John Deere eliminated lock tabs and lock washers in favor of Loctite quite
some time ago.
> I'm in the middle of a Perkins 3 cyl. diesel rebuild and can't find the
> locktabs....went to the local hot-rod-hot-shot engine rebuilder in the
> area....he said forget the locktabs.....forget the locktite.....but I'm
> gonna use Locktite anyway.
>
> Geoff Branch
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