Depends. Do you trust your life to Loctite (and your application of it)
?
I have definitely had old Nyloc nuts back off and come apart, so I'm
fairly religious about replacing them at least every 2-3 uses. In a
pinch, you can squeeze a little more life out of them by laying them on
a smooth surface and smacking the nylon end with a BFH, to squeeze some
more nylon out into the thread area.
I get my Nyloc nuts at a local surplus house (Cal-Aero in Paramount,
CA), but you can mail-order them from McMaster-Carr at a reasonable
price. Go to http://www.mcmaster.com/ , search for "nylon locknuts". A
box of 100 grade 5 zinc-plated 1/4-28 is only $3.17 .
Randall
59 TR3A daily driver - with lots & lots of Nylocs <g>
sujit roy wrote:
>
> With the invention of Loctite, can I safely reuse my old nylock nuts with
> Loctite or should I buy new nylocks nuts?
>
> I've reused nylock nuts without Loctite on passed projects and haven't had
> any problems.
>
> Sujit
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