[DeTomaso] Oil pump pickup support...Nylocs in the oil
Julian Kift
julian_kift at hotmail.com
Mon Apr 9 11:22:54 EDT 2007
I believe using Nylocs is perfectly sane for the oil pan in the majority of
our cases. If you were track (or bench?) racing every weekend, maybe you'd
want to safety wire, but you'd likely also be pulling the oil pan off a lot
more frequently for inspection.
However, you do realize that Nylocs are 'single use' nuts and should not be
reused after removal, because the Nylon will rethread in a different
position destryiong the locking power.
Julian
Quote by Dave Bell;
"I've also had the pan off a couple of times over that 7 year span, most
recently last year to check and change out the rod and main bearings. The
nylocs in the pan were removed, inspected, and to my eye in perfect
condition both times. The same nylocs are still in the pan today."
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