Reusing elastic lock nuts on cars is probably OK. Done it myself many times.
But on my Ultralight airplane when a nut is removed it's replaced with a new
nut. Reused elastic nuts do not have the same "locking" capability as new
nuts.
Rick
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On Jun 22, 2011, at 10:22 PM, "Curt/Nancy Arndt" <cnaarndt at gmail.com> wrote:
> Paul,
>
> Not if you read the BMC technical bulletin on Nyloc nuts that came out in
> the mid 1950's. It clearly states that they can be reused, and I fact I
and
> others have reused *good examples* for years and have not had a failure
> yet. I will try to find the the technical bulletin and send it to you or
> anyone else who is interested.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Curt
>
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Paul Van Wig <pvanwig at me.com> wrote:
>
>> Elastic lock nuts are a one time use. Backing them off destroys the
>> function.
>> Lock tight is better.
>>
>> Paul Van Wig
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