<VV> Suspension Fasteners

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/11/2007 7:40:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time,  
jekepler at amplex.net writes:

I pull  the nut and cage off the car, make a steel
reinforce roughly the same  dimensions as the nut-plate, and go back in with
a Grade 8 Nylock nut that  I can actually torque!  YMMV!

John



John - Somehow, using a torque rating with a Nylock fastener seems strange.  
Doesn't the torque, and the resultant bolt stretch, act as the prevailing  
clamping and anti-release force. Would the nylon act as a seal on the end of the  
threads?  I am not saying it wouldn't be just fine. I've just never  seen how 
it might affect the torque. As you noted, whenever grade 8  fasteners are 
used to replace grade 5 or grade zip bolts, the other part of the  fastener - the 
nut should be a grade 8 as well. The torque that is used  must be matched to 
the fastener too.  - Seth



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