They can be reused, but be aware: if you reuse them too many times they can
loosen on you. This happened to me while on a trip, and before I noticed
anything wrong the splined hub adapter had worn "necks" into the studs, and
I eventually had to replace the studs as well as the nuts.
It's a good idea to mark "slip" marks on the nuts and adjacent hub adapter
surface (after torquing to 70 lb-ft) with a small spot or line of paint or
nail polish so that you can tell if the nuts begin to loosen. You can see
through the wheel spokes if the marks become misaligned in the loosening
direction.
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC USA
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at
autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of john spaur
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 9:20 PM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] original lock nuts
Some of the locknuts are slotted with two horizontal cuts parallel to
the top of the nut and partially cut through the thread area. With a
little web research I found that these can be reused a number of times.
Are people reusing this type of lock nut?
TIA,
John
San Jose, CA
'62 BT7
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