re:
"While you are working on the shocks, you might consider putting
hardened flat washers under each bolt to protect the aluminum shock body
mounting flanges."
Been doing that for years with the stock bolts (I believe 'original' was
lockwashers, which are worse than useless on aluminium).
Safety wiring is a good idea, but I use blue Locktite and torque to 35ft-lbs
and
have never had one come loose.
bs
Johnsen, Bernard F (AS) wrote:
> Hi Peter -
> I have not done either a helicoil repair or tapped for a 10 MM
> bolt, but I have some thoughts about it.
> Tapping for a 10mm bolt:
> The original bolt size was 3/8 by 24 IIRC. Worst case for a
> stripped 3/8 bolt would be that the hole is now 3/8 inch, or .375 inch.
> This is way larger than the recommended tap drill size for either 10mm
> by 1.5 or 10mm by 1.25.(By at least .033 inch.) Therefore your tapped
> threads will not have as much thread depth as they should for maximum
> holding forces. Based on that, I do not think it is a good idea to tap
> the hole for 10mm. The helicoil is probably a better solution in my
> opinion.
> While you are working on the shocks, you might consider putting
> hardened flat washers under each bolt to protect the aluminum shock body
> mounting flanges. I think I heard about that from Bruce at Healey
> Surgeons. This will require that you replace the bolts with slightly
> longer ones. I believe the Nocks sell such bolts. Now I am thinking it
> would not be a bad idea to drill the bolt heads and safety wire them.
> Hope this helps, and Good Luck.
>
> - Bernie Johnsen
> 1967 BJ8
> 1959 PV544
> _______________________________________________
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