Lock washers are not particularly effective.
You can find all-metal self-locking nuts that would
probably work OK. They have a tight, slightly springy top
part that makes them hard to turn on the stud.
Or maybe replace the studs and nuts with bolts that you can safety-wire.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 10:32 AM 4/4/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>I have the same issues with mine. I have to replace the gasket again.
>What I noticed on mine is that the nuts worked themselves loose. In fact, I
>checked the pipe after several weeks and saw that all three nuts have almost
>worked themselves off completely! If the pipe was not attached to the
>transmission bell housing, it may have flopped off alltogether! What are some
>suggestions for nuts that work themselves loose? Should I use a lock washer?
>
>Thanks,
>Ed.
>'66 Herald
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