aha a 1098 part, strange territory for me - 6K 927 but Ooops they fitted them
to the 1275 as well 12A 1381. I can't see I've seen them - will have to have
a look on my Marina & Ital engines to see if they carried on using them.
The very last time I tried to use a lock tab was on a diff and while torquing
up with a torque wrench for a minute I thought I'd stripped a thread but then
saw what was happening to the lock tab.
Daniel1312
In a message dated 28/08/07 03:28:18 GMT Daylight Time,
a_d_webster@yahoo.com.au writes:
> Subj: Re: [Spridgets] valve guides
> Date: 28/08/07 03:28:18 GMT Daylight Time
> From: a_d_webster@yahoo.com.au
> To: Daniel1312@aol.com, spridgets@autox.team.net
> Sent from the Internet
>
>
>
> They were there when i pulled it apart, and I remember them being in my 1098
> bottom end too.
> Thumbnail sized and shaped, supposed to be bent over the bolt head after
> torquing the bolt.
> I bought 2 types from 2 stores, 1 was symmetrical, 1 was not symmetrical,
> both sucked. The material is too soft, and the holes drilled too close to the
> straight edge so it cant butt up against the flat edge of the bearing cap
> when the bolt is in place... meaning that one tiny corner of the tab bears
>all
> the rotational force of torquing the bolt, and eventually folds up, allowing
> the tab to rotate with the bolt and causing much swearing and annoyance.
>
> A local mini guru told me yesterday (as I was showing off my new ARP studs)
> that he leaves the tabs out and always uses some loctite.
> ( he has a very intereting engine project cooking at the moment.... a DOHC
> A-series with a choice of 8 or 16 valves)
> andy
>
>
> Daniel1312@aol.com wrote:
>
> >> I didn't think lock tabs were ever used with main bearing bolts for the
>> reasons that you have discovered?
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