28-02-13, 05:17 PM
(28-02-13, 04:04 PM)darrsi link Wrote: Random idea, but what about using P.T.F.E. tape on the threads before tightening up the nut? :think
You know the white stuff that plumbers use to waterproof pipe joints.
Surely that would take away the vibration, and fill any possible imperfections of the thread making the nut more difficult to move?
.....a better idea.....don't use a nut at all! :eek
Seriously!!....while I was waiting for my nut to arrive I needed the bike because I couldn't be arsed to take my Bandit out of dry drock.. So what I did was, on the shaft I put a very very tightened Jubilee Clip that you use for hoses ect. I tell ya one thing, I should have just left it there and saved myself £11 on a nut. It was rock solid and a bas!a%d to get off when my nut did arrive. I rather have that than going around with a dodgy nut loosening every so often.