Thanks, all. In a truly "inappropriate" and synchronistic receipt of
email, I got Derek's "innappropriate use" comment, and the very next email
(of a sort of spam which is getting far more prevalent these days) was
"HARD CORE SEX - WEIRD OBJECTS IN PUSSY" - and the inappropriate comment
leaped back into my mind, and I just about fell off my chair laughing...
Bye...
Brian
At 11:50 AM 2/17/01 -0500, Derek Harling wrote:
>Brian
>
>As I understand it the VSCDA overreacted to some inappropriate uses of nyloc
>nuts. Their proposed global ban has been withdrawn. Back to "Screw to Win".
>
>Derek
>
>Brian Evans wrote:
>
> > Bear with me if I've got this wrong in some of the details, but I seem to
> > recall getting a newsletter from (I think) VSCDA - the group who run the
> > Gratton race, in any case - that mentioned something about not allowing
> > Nylock nuts on any suspension component. Since my car uses Nylock style
> > nuts virtually every where, on the advice garnered from the Smith "Screw to
> > Win" book, I thought I'd ask for clarification and recommendations. I can
> > get metal deforming lock nuts locally, but they tend to deform the end
> > threads on whatever they are bolted on to, and some of these threads are on
> > the actual part, not a bolt that could be easily replaced. The vast
> > majority of the applications in the suspension see no heat buildup
> > what-so-ever - they hold suspension links to the chassis or the uprights,
> > and so on, so I don't see the problem. The note, as I recall, discussed
> > using castle nuts and cotter pins, which I do for the nuts that hold the
> > bearing hub on the axle, where you will see some heat, but I can't see
> > drilling all of the 5/16", and smaller bolts that hold my sway bars on to
> > accept cotter pins, and I have no idea where to get all of the castle
> > nuts! I've looked into getting jet nuts, but they seem a tad OTT to
> > me. The replacement ball joints that you get these days use nylock nuts as
> > stock in most cases - only the really old stock still have castle nuts.
> >
> > Any thoughts, anyone?
> >
> > Cheers, Brian
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