[DeTomaso] Torque question

MikeLDrew at aol.com MikeLDrew at aol.com
Tue Aug 24 00:51:14 EDT 2010


In a message dated 8/23/10 21 41 26, boyd411 at gmail.com writes:


> I just noticed today while I was switching the the rotor to the new hat 
> that
> my allen screws were drilled for safety wire. What do you wire them to? I
> don't see a place to anchor the wire. granted I have never safety wired
> anything before, I have only heard about it on internals of ZF's and seen 
> it
> on aircraft. Please elaborate.
> 

Normally, you wire adjacent screws to one another, in such a fashion so 
that if one were to loosen, it would attempt to tighten the opposite one.   
Check out this photo from Wilwood, it shows it perfectly:

http://www.theheadfl.com/pics/wired7.jpg

Mike



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