I'm glad to know someone besides me used the brass nuts on the exhaust studs. Me on airplanes. It's still a good practice. It works. John John Rodgers Clayartist and Moldmaker 88'GL VW Bus Driver Chelsea, AL Http://www.moldhaus.com
On 11/30/2011 7:28 AM, Robert Mac Dowell wrote: > Back in the old days us greasers used brass nuts. The brass is soft and needs to be torqued to the right spec. Never had a problem with exhaust nuts again. The only problem I see is getting a brass nut in metric, but I'm sure its possible. Also, you had to run a chase down the threads of an old exhaust stud. The coarseness of the threads would sand down the threads of the nut. Although I put many on without doing the chase and had no problems. We also looked for the thickest nuts we could find. Theirs a large selection in sae. Metric, I just don't know. A few hours on the world wide waste would reveal plenty, I'm sure > > |
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