Real axle nuts

The rear axle U-bolts and shocks on my 77 Midget appear to be held
on with what looks like ny-loc nuts and lock washers.  My question
is should I reassemble with new ny-loc nuts and lock washer or will
regular nuts work.  The nuts that came off look like old fashion
self-locking nuts.  BTW, I can only spin them on about 2/3 of the
way by hand.

Thanks,


Bill

77 Midget

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