From: wwd@netheaven.com
Date: Sun Sep 22 2002 - 05:06:24 PDT
>>Sure you don't have that tourque wrench set to '150 lbs'?? 50lbs is not
>>really that much that it would actually strip threads; might deform them
>>as in: 'use only once, then throw away'. Like cotter pins, etc.
>Now that I think of it, when I did my front axle I found a number of the
>nuts kind of messed up also. I replaced all of them with high nuts, about
>50% or so longer than regular nuts, thus taking advantage of all the stud
>thread available, they only come in grade 5 however but I had no problems
>with them.
>later,
>je
Well, the deforming of soft nuts can be an advantage due to the greater
contact achieved. Less tendency to loosen and since visibly deformed, less
likely to be reused by the conscientious mechanic (knuckledraggerus
sapiens).
Cosmo Lean
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