I (and im open to correction here) always thought the std nyloc nut was 8.8 as you say, they can be sourced in 10 and 12 as well if you want high tensile nuts but they are heat treated to get to this, altho im sure plenty are chuffing them out at 4.8 in the far east...
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Speedstar
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Tech gun and screws is what we use
Soft nuts, hard bolts.
Some interesting reading here:
https://www.fastenal.com/en/77/reuse-of-fasteners
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Dont google : soft nuts , hard bolt (well not at work anyway)
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- Ardrossan Ayrshire
Very interesting! Makes you wonder about wheel nuts though ........
simon-0116
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And when welding asbestos clad pipes, mates dad used to do it. Knock aszy off , out drink milk back in weld cut joints, out drink milk.
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Wasn't referring to nylocks iirc, it was the fact that every time you reuse a nut it takes more torque to achieve the same clamping force.I've never seen a nylock holding a wheel on,
25 ft lbs extra the second time 50 ft lbs the third! I wonder does it keep doubling till the inevitable fail?
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Would explain a lot...........
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- Darlington
Gosh, some of you must have led very sheltered lives
clbarclay
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Usually the problem with wheelnut is the rust inclusion prevailing torque locking feature.
I have seen what I'm pretty sure where Nyloc nuts, without the nylon, turned around and used as taper nuts.
I have seen what I'm pretty sure where Nyloc nuts, without the nylon, turned around and used as taper nuts.
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If the nyloc nuts are failing then the bolts need changing for fine thread bolts to gain more surface area.
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- Northumberland
I've never seen a nylock holding a wheel on,
Gosh, some of you must have led very sheltered lives
A tired nyloc back to front makes a good impersonation of a tapered nut and entirely appropriate for this thread.
When these were brand new I was on the sidelines watching them being paraded in front of the bigwigs on Salisbury Plain - big seated grandstand full of important people.......
As one came steaming past the vehicle commander was stood up in his hatch saluting the dignitaries when he realised that he was being overtaken by his own track.
They used to have old Abbot guns before the AS90 and everything was torqued to "FT" with a big bar, the AS90 is made of clever alloys and was issued with a torque wrench. The gun bunnies didn't bother with the torque wrench and tightened the road wheels to "FT" with the big bar........
Luckily the track didn't hit anything - unlike the driver who hit the brakes hard and shot off sideways.
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cant claim this one myself but a mate sent it to me , as seen at a vintage car show not sure how the HT lead would perform in rain but its a bodge for sure
glasshouse
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Scholsey
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cant imagine how happy you must have been when found it to be exactly the right size! what a miracle!
glasshouse
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Punching the air, cartwheels, you know the story.
Scholsey
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