eznfrank
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| posted on 19/4/11 at 01:24 PM |
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Potential Darwin award question about Indy uprights?
I bolted my rear hubs to my uprights best part of two years ago and then forgot about them, but over the weekend I was sorting the rear brakes and
remembered that the bolt just seems to tap into the upright and doesn't have a nut on the back - is this correct?? I'm not sure I could
get a nut in there even if I tried though??
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 19/4/11 at 02:14 PM |
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It's as per instructions.. BUT my SVA guy noticed this and suggested that I had forgotten to fit lock nuts. So we did, you can fit nylocs on the
ends of the bolts, highly recommend IMHO..
I found this was only just possible to fit the nuts (using a thin socket).
Note that in the original application these bolts were in a longer threaded hole of the sierra upright rather than the thin plate with no lock nuts,
but they had locking compound on as well. I think it is worth fitting the nylocs if you can get them in.
Dan
[Edited on 19/4/11 by Bluemoon]
[Edited on 19/4/11 by Bluemoon]
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contaminated
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| posted on 19/4/11 at 02:14 PM |
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Dunno, but I can tell you that's how my rear training arms are connected to my uprights and one came loose! I stuck a lock nut on it to be sure.
maybe some threadlock if you can't do the same?
Tiger Super Six Independent
www.southernkitcars.com
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Strontium Dog
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| posted on 19/4/11 at 03:03 PM |
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Loctite 243 is your friend here especially if you cant get a nyloc in there!
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nick205
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| posted on 19/4/11 at 03:30 PM |
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My SVA examiner spotted this, but was satisfied I had applied threadlock as you could see it on the exposed thread. I also used the Sierra Haynes
Manual to illustrate that no nuts were fitted in the donor application. IIRC the plate thickess on the Indy upright is around 8-10mm which is the
same on the Sierra trailing arm. I'm not saying don't fit nuts, but Ford made do without and used threadlock.
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eznfrank
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| posted on 19/4/11 at 04:25 PM |
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Cheers fellas, so perhaps not as Darwin as I thought, just caught my eye over the weekend and didn't look right.
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