Bluemoon
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| posted on 30/1/09 at 11:44 AM |
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locking rear camber adjuster nut?
About to set the rear camber, but what methods have people used to lock the half nuts... I don't fancy them coming loose..
Dan
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 30/1/09 at 11:45 AM |
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you lock the nuts by tightening one against the other
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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nick205
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| posted on 30/1/09 at 11:48 AM |
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lock a pair of half nuts on the inside of the wishbone and then tighten the 3rd nut to clamp the adjuster to the wishbone.
For ease of checking (before each drive) you can add a line of paint across each nut and the wishbone (once tight). This give s avery quick visual
check to see if anything has moved.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 30/1/09 at 12:30 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nick205
For ease of checking (before each drive) you can add a line of paint across each nut and the wishbone (once tight). This give s avery quick visual
check to see if anything has moved.
I did this after a large and important bolt fell off my old motorbike while on the dual carriageway
 You know that feeling when the hairs stand up on the back of your neck...
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Smartripper
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| posted on 30/1/09 at 12:35 PM |
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Hello,
By my Indy when it was setup the right way. I just rolpinned the last nut...
after comming undone two times !!!???
Daniel
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MikeCapon
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| posted on 30/1/09 at 01:13 PM |
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Loctite (green) or lockwire?
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 30/1/09 at 01:57 PM |
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Smartripper How did you manage to drill the hole though nut and bolt bit??
Mr Whippy, thanks I realized that, but I would like a backup, it seems that quite a few people have them come lose.. I guess the large pitch of the
thread does not help with getting them to lock.
Dan
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pewe
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| posted on 30/1/09 at 03:14 PM |
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Easy way of marking nuts, bolts and joins is to use one of those Snopake correcting pens.
Buy them at Staples etc.
Ink covers almost everything and sticks like nothing else.
Cheers, Pewe 
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Smartripper
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| posted on 30/1/09 at 04:02 PM |
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Hello,
First i drilled the nut on a flat side,
jammed the nut on the adjuster and drilled just 5 mm deep in the tread, and put a rollpin in it.
I've i do it again then maybe lockwire is the way to go..
Daniel
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MautoK
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| posted on 1/2/09 at 12:05 AM |
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I made a couple of double-tab washers; one tab is bent over a flat of the inner nut, the other over the outer nut.
He's whittling on a piece of wood. I got a feeling that when he stops whittling, something's gonna happen. (OUATITW/Cheyenne)
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idl1975
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 11:24 AM |
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Rear axle nut? 
Just to second the sentiment that something should be done other than relying on the half nuts. Mine fell off a couple days ago - not very safe.
quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
quote:
Originally posted by nick205
For ease of checking (before each drive) you can add a line of paint across each nut and the wishbone (once tight). This give s avery quick visual
check to see if anything has moved.
I did this after a large and important bolt fell off my old motorbike while on the dual carriageway
You know that feeling when the hairs stand up on the back of your neck...
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