Why must this continue to happen to ME!
Why must this continue to happen to ME! I am going to post this in here and in couple of other forums.......
I am tired of my stupid bolts backing out of my 12 bolt. When I say bolts, I mean the bolts that hold the torque arm on. I have an adjustable torque arm. I have tried lock tight, lock washers, and everything! What can I do to fix this problem?
I am tired of my stupid bolts backing out of my 12 bolt. When I say bolts, I mean the bolts that hold the torque arm on. I have an adjustable torque arm. I have tried lock tight, lock washers, and everything! What can I do to fix this problem?
I am going with the BMR Extreme tq arm and it clearly states that there is an issue an no warranty covered with the Mosers, etc regarding bolts backing out. I'm curious if the threaded bolts can be machined through and I can use the long bolts that way. also considered extra long fine thread bolts with a fine thread turnbuckle type 2" nut in the middle (reverse threaded each end) that way you could thread into it from both ends and it would not go anywhere. I need to measure see if the bolt holes (top and bottom) even line up over one another first. I'll figure out something bulletproof.
Originally Posted by Elite_Hot_Rod
You can buy bolts with drilled heads or drill yours and lock wire them together with .040 safety wire.
Originally Posted by Elite_Hot_Rod
You can buy bolts with drilled heads or drill yours and lock wire them together with .040 safety wire.
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Yeah I was a Cobra gunship crew chief in the Army and I'm a licensed FAA A&P mechanic. We used .040 stainless on the engine mount bolts on most of the business jets I worked. It's easy to do and easy to check for slippage with slippage paint.
Originally Posted by BRETTINATOR
damn we did that in the Navy on everything, we had dual LM2500 Pratt & Whitney Gas Turbines (727 engines) on my ship, every single bolt had the wire locks, good idea man...sounds easier that what I was conjuring up on my Moser
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Originally Posted by Elite_Hot_Rod
Yeah I was a Cobra gunship crew chief in the Army and I'm a licensed FAA A&P mechanic. We used .040 stainless on the engine mount bolts on most of the business jets I worked. It's easy to do and easy to check for slippage with slippage paint.
Maybe you can shoot me some details on the slippage paint, not sure how that works. Guess I could get some predrilled bolts or get mine done but what would they lock to? For example the top bolts on the 12 bolt like the bottom have the axle housing between them, I've seen the wirelocks between adjacent bolts just not sure on this, unless I would tie top to bottom. Open for suggestions.
Originally Posted by stang killer
a motorcycle shop should have most of the tools you need to do this. Also a short search on yahoo will give you pics and a lot more on how its done.