[DeTomaso] DeTomaso Digest, Vol 60, Issue 7-Exhaust Bolts

[mikeldrew at aol.com]

Bob,

You wrote:

I have been fighting keeping the Collector bolts
on my 180's intack for a few years.... lock washers,
double nuts never seem to keep them on in Race
conditions... I can drive around town for months and
then one trip to the Race Track or Hillclimb and things
start coming apart... too much Vibration
I finally drilled the bolts and wired them with castle nuts
No problems at Reno except the lower bracket bolt on
one side that was double nutted was missing when I came
home... time to drill those bolts also.. just like my old dirt bikes

>>>Bob--have you ever tried Stover nuts?

I have never known a Stover nut to fail, no matter what.  Know what 
they are?

http://coburnmyers.thomasnet.com/viewitems/nuts/stover-lock-nuts

Much easier than the whole drilled-bolt-castle-nut affair, and they 
work great!

Mike