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Re: nyloc nuts verses old nyloc nuts with loctite.

To: "Randall" <randallyoung@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: nyloc nuts verses old nyloc nuts with loctite.
From: "Bill Brewer" <bbrewer@lightspeed.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 20:21:37 -0800
Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Hey Randall,
     BFH? I love the new English of the 21st century.
     We'll put that in the internet dictionary.
     Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: Randall <randallyoung@earthlink.net>
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, January 23, 2000 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: nyloc nuts verses old nyloc nuts with loctite.


>
>Depends.  Do you trust your life to Loctite (and your application of it)
>?
>
>I have definitely had old Nyloc nuts back off and come apart, so I'm
>fairly religious about replacing them at least every 2-3 uses.  In a
>pinch, you can squeeze a little more life out of them by laying them on
>a smooth surface and smacking the nylon end with a BFH, to squeeze some
>more nylon out into the thread area.
>
>I get my Nyloc nuts at a local surplus house (Cal-Aero in Paramount,
>CA), but you can mail-order them from McMaster-Carr at a reasonable
>price.  Go to http://www.mcmaster.com/ , search for "nylon locknuts".  A
>box of 100 grade 5 zinc-plated 1/4-28 is only $3.17 .
>
>Randall
>59 TR3A daily driver - with lots & lots of Nylocs <g>
>
>sujit roy wrote:
>>
>> With the invention of Loctite, can I safely reuse my old nylock nuts with
>> Loctite or should I buy new nylocks nuts?
>>
>> I've reused nylock nuts without Loctite on passed projects and haven't
had
>> any problems.
>>
>> Sujit
>



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