[Mgs] '71 MGB Prop/drive shaft bolts and nuts -- use Nylok or regular nuts?

[Barney Gaylord]

Simon,

I don't have an SPL for MGB, but I believe those were originally 
Aerotight Stiffnuts, all steel self-locking nuts, like this:
http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/restore/rt104d.htm
Nylock nuts work, as long as you use new ones occasionally when the 
nylon insert wears lose.

Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude
http://MGAguru.com


At 06:52 PM 3/25/2012 -0700, Simon Matthews wrote:
>We just removed the prop shaft from the '71 MGB GT that my kids drive.
>According to my Haynes manual, the prop shaft should be held in place by
>bolts that are inserter through the flanges of the propshaft first, then
>through the flanges on the gearbox and differential, with the nuts on the
>outer side.
>....
>While removing the prop shaft, we  found Nylok nuts while the Haynes manual
>shows regular nuts and washers.
>
>Is it sensible to replace the Nylok  nuts with new Nylok nuts? Or go back
>to what the Haynes manual shows?
>....