Posted by jennifer408 on July 31, 2014 at 00:58:02 from (67.142.162.22):
In Reply to: Lock Washers????? posted by Jiles on July 30, 2014 at 08:35:48:
since early last year when i first started getting my old tractors and been working on them, i have pulled a lot of things apart and found a lot of broken lock washers, the bolts were still there, and i had some mystery bolts that were gone. this post has got me thinking, it used to be if there was one before, it gets one again. then when they came out with nylocks, i thought it was the best thing since sliced bread, i have replaced nuts with nylocks many times and didn't have to worry about it again. of course i always keep red and blue locktite around and use them all the time. i still use lock nuts for non tension applications for added assurance.
as far as lock washers go inside of a motor, yes, i have seen it, we have a car that the timing chain failed and caused the valves to get bent all to he!!, well, the first instructions dennis got were wrong, he torqued it down and a year latter we were wondering where all the water was going, pulled the head off and the gasket had a hole eaten thru it. the second time the instructions were x pounds and then 3/4 turn after that, no problems since, the head bolts have lock washers on them.
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