<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><br><br><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net><br><b>Date:</b> October 17, 2019 at 8:21:17 AM PDT<br><b>To:</b> Fred Wescoe <fredwescoe@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Re: [Healeys] Down pipes</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>I tried everything: new nuts, SS studs and torquing the snot out of the nuts (snapping a stud in the process) and still they would work loose. Finally gave up and double-nutted with mild steel nuts with high-temp anti-seize on the studs; they haven’t loosened since.</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Oct 16, 2019, at 6:19 PM, Fred Wescoe <fredwescoe@gmail.com> wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Listers,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Today, I had to tighten the 6 nuts on my exhaust down pipes. This is the second time in 2 years I have had to do this. What is causing the nuts to work loose? Each of the 6 studs from the exhaust manifolds has split lock washers and brass nuts on the down pipe flanges. Each time time I have tightened the nuts, I tighten them until the nuts squeak.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>What am I doing wrong and does anyone else have this issue? What do I need to do to fix this? The car is a 66 BJ8 with stock manifolds and down pipes.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Thanks for any advice, I'm stumped,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Fred</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>66 BJ8</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Suggested annual donation $12.75</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys http://autox.team.net/archive</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Healeys@autox.team.net</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/bspidell@comcast.net</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></div></blockquote></body></html>