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Here's some interesting information to consider about nylon and nyloc nuts:
https://nycoa.com/recent-news/2020/moistureinnylon


On 3/10/25 12:15 PM, Ron Fraser via Tigers wrote:
>
> Jay
>
> Iâ??m not familiar enough with the history of your Tiger so it comes 
> down to how do you feel about the Nylocks.
>
> Iâ??m assuming they have been on for some time, have not moved and are 
> probably very safe.
>
> I would check them, mark them, then regularly inspect the witness 
> marks for any movement, then decide.
>
> Ron Fraser
>
> *From:* Jay Laifman <jay.laifman@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, March 10, 2025 2:42 PM
> *To:* Ron Fraser <rfraser@bluefrog.com>
> *Cc:* modtiger@comcast.net; tigers@autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Tigers] Check Your Nuts
>
> Thoughts on pulling off nylocks and putting on two nuts to jam tight?
>
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 11:37â?¯AM Ron Fraser <rfraser@bluefrog.com> wrote:
>
>     Jay
>
>     As the saying goes â??Stuff Happensâ??.
>
>     Nylock nuts are generally fine.   I would say anyone with Nylock
>     nuts should put a witness mark on them as an easy visual safety
>     check.   Seems to me I have some Nylocks on the front suspension;
>     I will check them and put a witness mark on them.
>
>     As with any product some are junk.   I remember installing a
>     Nylock nut and as I tightened it down the nylon insert popped
>     out.   I threw those Nylocks away.
>
>     Your situation is most likely OK.   I would check the torque on
>     the nuts and put a witness mark on them.
>
>     I think the problem we have with why the nut came off is because
>     we generally think in terms of static conditions. Vehicles are on
>     the move, vibrations can facilitate a nut or bolt to turn.   Iâ??m
>     sure there are other dynamic forces working here too but they are
>     beyond my grade level.
>
>     Ron Fraser
>
>     *From:* Tigers <tigers-bounces@autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *Jay
>     Laifman
>     *Sent:* Monday, March 10, 2025 1:45 AM
>     *To:* modtiger@comcast.net
>     *Cc:* tigers@autox.team.net
>     *Subject:* Re: [Tigers] Check Your Nuts
>
>     I remember a light blue Mazda Alpine.  What ever happened to it?
>
>     I am not sure I understand how friction in the ball causes the
>     taper to come lose.  But regardless, I think it is pretty likely
>     my lower ball joints were sourced from Rick about 1994, and it is
>     nyloc only.  Are you suggesting they are all an accident away?
>
>         On Mar 9, 2025, at 7:43â?¯PM, Tom Hall via Tigers
>         <tigers@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>         
>
>         It's hard to believe that this is still happening.  It started
>         when Rick at Sunbeam Specialties changed suppliers way back in
>         the mid-eighties.  The OEM suppliers had always used castle
>         nuts and cotter keys, but this new supplier went with the
>         Nylock nut design. which Rick initially accepted.  My daughter
>         had this "accident" happen in her Rotary powered Alpine, back
>         in the 80's, a couple of blocks from home, exactly as you
>         were, having the lower A-arm fall on the ground, and again
>         luckily at low speed.
>
>         Rick arranged a meeting with reps for this supplier shortly
>         after it happened.  Rick and I sat down with them and they
>         insisted this this had never happened before and it must have
>         been _My fault_.  Rick and I talked at length and they told us
>         that they were not going to modify their product. Rick however
>         changed his receiveal methods so that the Nylok nut was tossed
>         and a castle nut and drilled hole were installed in his lower
>         ball joint stock from that time until the current time.  This
>         supplier made an acceptable ball joint but they also deleted
>         the copper plating of the genuine OEM supplier.  What happened
>         is that during storage after manufacturing, moisture got into
>         the joint and started the rust process.  With only the Nylock
>         nut, it was only a matter of time before the friction in the
>         joint started to turn the Nylock nut and unscrew it from the
>         taper cone.
>
>         Conversely, the upper ball joints have also had this Nylock
>         nut but I've never heard of anyone loosing one to this
>         friction un-screw mechanism.  Different loading's, different
>         results.
>
>                     On Sat, Mar 8, 2025 at 2:19â?¯PM Joe Brown
>                     <jbbrown1980@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>                         So,  I took my Tiger out yesterday for a short
>                         drive and as I was just about home (maybe a
>                         hundred yards from my driveway) the right
>                         front suspension dropped to the ground and I
>                         skidded several yards before stopping.  All I
>                         could think of was the old stories about
>                         exploding ball joints.
>
>                         I walked to my house and threw a floor jack
>                         and some jack stands in my truck and drove
>                         back to the Tiger.  I managed to get the front
>                         end jacked up and discovered that the nut on
>                         the lower ball joint was gone and the lower A
>                         arm had dropped to the road.  My suspension
>                         pieces are at least 30 years old and the ball
>                         joints were held on with nylock nuts. I
>                         managed to wrap a ratchet strap around the
>                         upper and lower A arms and I was able to
>                         slowly drive the car into my garage.
>
>                         I am very lucky that:
>
>                         1. I was going pretty slow at the time
>
>                         2. The front end landed in some loose gravel
>                         on the side of the road
>
>                         3. None of the body work was damaged
>
>                         4.  And nothing else in the suspension looks
>                         to be damaged; just scraped up
>
>                         If this had happened 5 minutes earlier I would
>                         have been doing 60 on a winding road and I
>                         would have wound up in a ditch.
>
>                         So I'm ordering a new set of ball joints and I
>                         will drill them out for castle nuts so I don't
>                         have to worry about a nut working its way
>                         loose again.
>
>                         Regards,
>
>                         Joe Brown
>
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    Here's some interesting information to consider about nylon and
    nyloc nuts:<br>
    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" 
href="https://nycoa.com/recent-news/2020/moistureinnylon";>https://nycoa.com/recent-news/2020/moistureinnylon</a><br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/10/25 12:15 PM, Ron Fraser via
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        <p class="MsoNormal">Jay<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">Iâ??m not familiar enough with the history of
          your Tiger so it comes down to how do you feel about the
          Nylocks.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">Iâ??m assuming they have been on for some
          time, have not moved and are probably very safe.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">I would check them, mark them, then
          regularly inspect the witness marks for any movement, then
          decide. <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">Ron Fraser<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Jay Laifman
          <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" 
href="mailto:jay.laifman@gmail.com";>&lt;jay.laifman@gmail.com&gt;</a> <br>
          <b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 10, 2025 2:42 PM<br>
          <b>To:</b> Ron Fraser <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" 
href="mailto:rfraser@bluefrog.com";>&lt;rfraser@bluefrog.com&gt;</a><br>
          <b>Cc:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" 
href="mailto:modtiger@comcast.net";>modtiger@comcast.net</a>; <a 
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" 
href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net";>tigers@autox.team.net</a><br>
          <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tigers] Check Your Nuts<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">Thoughts on pulling off nylocks and
            putting on two nuts to jam tight?<o:p></o:p></p>
        </div>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
        <div>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 11:37â?¯AM Ron
              Fraser &lt;<a href="mailto:rfraser@bluefrog.com"; 
moz-do-not-send="true" 
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">rfraser@bluefrog.com</a>&gt;
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                  <p class="MsoNormal" 
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">As the saying
                    goes â??Stuff Happensâ??.<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Nylock nuts
                    are generally fine.&nbsp;&nbsp; I would say anyone with 
Nylock
                    nuts should put a witness mark on them as an easy
                    visual safety check.&nbsp;&nbsp; Seems to me I have some
                    Nylocks on the front suspension; I will check them
                    and put a witness mark on them.<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">As with any
                    product some are junk.&nbsp;&nbsp; I remember installing a
                    Nylock nut and as I tightened it down the nylon
                    insert popped out.&nbsp;&nbsp; I threw those Nylocks 
away.<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Your
                    situation is most likely OK.&nbsp;&nbsp; I would check the
                    torque on the nuts and put a witness mark on 
them.<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I think the
                    problem we have with why the nut came off is because
                    we generally think in terms of static 
conditions.&nbsp;&nbsp;
                    Vehicles are on the move, vibrations can facilitate
                    a nut or bolt to turn.&nbsp;&nbsp; Iâ??m sure there are 
other
                    dynamic forces working here too but they are beyond
                    my grade level.<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Ron 
Fraser<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <div>
                    <div style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 
1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor">
                      <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>From:</b>
                        Tigers &lt;<a 
href="mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net"; target="_blank" 
moz-do-not-send="true" 
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">tigers-bounces@autox.team.net</a>&gt;
                        <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jay Laifman<br>
                        <b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 10, 2025 1:45 AM<br>
                        <b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:modtiger@comcast.net"; 
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" 
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">modtiger@comcast.net</a><br>
                        <b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net"; 
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" 
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">tigers@autox.team.net</a><br>
                        <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tigers] Check Your 
Nuts<o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
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                  <div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I remember a
                      light blue Mazda Alpine.&nbsp; What ever happened to
                      it? &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
                  </div>
                  <div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
                  </div>
                  <div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I am not sure
                      I understand how friction in the ball causes the
                      taper to come lose.&nbsp; But regardless, I think it is
                      pretty likely my lower ball joints were sourced
                      from Rick about 1994, and it is nyloc only.&nbsp; Are
                      you suggesting they are all an accident away? 
&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
                    <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
                      <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt">On Mar 9, 2025, at
                        7:43â?¯PM, Tom Hall via Tigers &lt;<a 
href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net"; target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" 
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                        wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                      <p>It's hard to believe that this is still
                        happening.&nbsp; It started when Rick at Sunbeam
                        Specialties changed suppliers way back in the
                        mid-eighties.&nbsp; The OEM suppliers had always used
                        castle nuts and cotter keys, but this new
                        supplier went with the Nylock nut design. which
                        Rick initially accepted.&nbsp; My daughter had this
                        &quot;accident&quot; happen in her Rotary powered 
Alpine,
                        back in the 80's, a couple of blocks from home,
                        exactly as you were, having the lower A-arm fall
                        on the ground, and again luckily at low 
speed.<o:p></o:p></p>
                      <p>Rick arranged a meeting with reps for this
                        supplier shortly after it happened.&nbsp; Rick and I
                        sat down with them and they insisted this this
                        had never happened before and it must have been
                        <u>My fault</u>.&nbsp; Rick and I talked at length
                        and they told us that they were not going to
                        modify their product. Rick however changed his
                        receiveal methods so that the Nylok nut was
                        tossed and a castle nut and drilled hole were
                        installed in his lower ball joint stock from
                        that time until the current time.&nbsp; This supplier
                        made an acceptable ball joint but they also
                        deleted the copper plating of the genuine OEM
                        supplier.&nbsp; What happened is that during storage
                        after manufacturing, moisture got into the joint
                        and started the rust process.&nbsp; With only the
                        Nylock nut, it was only a matter of time before
                        the friction in the joint started to turn the
                        Nylock nut and unscrew it from the taper cone. 
<o:p></o:p></p>
                      <p>Conversely, the upper ball joints have also had
                        this Nylock nut but I've never heard of anyone
                        loosing one to this friction un-screw
                        mechanism.&nbsp; Different loading's, different
                        results.<o:p></o:p></p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
                      <blockquote 
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                                            <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">On Sat, Mar
                                              8, 2025 at 2:19â?¯PM Joe
                                              Brown &lt;<a 
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                                              <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">So,&nbsp; I took
                                                my Tiger out yesterday
                                                for a short drive and as
                                                I was just about home
                                                (maybe a hundred yards
                                                from my driveway) the
                                                right front
                                                suspension&nbsp;dropped to
                                                the ground and I skidded
                                                several yards before
                                                stopping.&nbsp; All I could
                                                think of was the old
                                                stories about exploding
                                                ball 
joints.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
                                              <div>
                                                <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
                                              </div>
                                              <div>
                                                <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I walked to
                                                  my house and threw a
                                                  floor jack and some
                                                  jack stands in my
                                                  truck and drove back
                                                  to the Tiger.&nbsp; I
                                                  managed to get the
                                                  front end jacked up
                                                  and discovered that
                                                  the nut on the lower
                                                  ball joint was gone
                                                  and the lower A arm
                                                  had dropped to the
                                                  road.&nbsp; My suspension
                                                  pieces are at least 30
                                                  years old and the ball
                                                  joints were&nbsp;held on
                                                  with nylock nuts. I
                                                  managed to wrap a
                                                  ratchet strap around
                                                  the upper and lower A
                                                  arms and I was able to
                                                  slowly drive the car
                                                  into my 
garage.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
                                              </div>
                                              <div>
                                                <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
                                              </div>
                                              <div>
                                                <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I am very
                                                  lucky 
that:&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
                                              </div>
                                              <div>
                                                <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">1. I was
                                                  going pretty slow at
                                                  the time<o:p></o:p></p>
                                              </div>
                                              <div>
                                                <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">2. The front
                                                  end landed in some
                                                  loose gravel on the
                                                  side of the 
road<o:p></o:p></p>
                                              </div>
                                              <div>
                                                <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">3. None of
                                                  the body work was
                                                  damaged<o:p></o:p></p>
                                              </div>
                                              <div>
                                                <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">4.&nbsp; And
                                                  nothing else in the
                                                  suspension looks to be
                                                  damaged; just scraped
                                                  up<o:p></o:p></p>
                                              </div>
                                              <div>
                                                <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
                                              </div>
                                              <div>
                                                <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">If this had
                                                  happened 5 minutes
                                                  earlier I would have
                                                  been doing 60 on a
                                                  winding road and I
                                                  would have wound up in
                                                  a ditch.<o:p></o:p></p>
                                              </div>
                                              <div>
                                                <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
                                              </div>
                                              <div>
                                                <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">So I'm
                                                  ordering a new set of
                                                  ball joints and I will
                                                  drill them out for
                                                  castle nuts so I don't
                                                  have to worry about a
                                                  nut working its way
                                                  loose 
again.&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
                                              </div>
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                                                <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
                                              </div>
                                              <div>
                                                <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
                                              </div>
                                              <div>
                                                <p class="MsoNormal" 
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Joe 
Brown<o:p></o:p></p>
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