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Originally Posted by T-Cut
Personally, I would re-use the nuts identified. They're standard flanged nuts. If they were self-locking type I'd renew them.
I suppose it depends on what type of locking medium is used for the locking band. If it's a metal catalysed full polymerisation type, it will not perform as before once the 'lock' is broken. A lower strength medium may accept a 'second chance'. I don't know enough about thead locking chemistry so I really don't know what the answer is.
TC
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Thanks TC.
I'll go and have a close look at them all later (it's raining again).
Meanwhile, just for info, I think nuts
5 & 9 and
6 & 8 are all 'stiffnuts' (as per Brian's posts
3 & 8) in which case they should probably be replaced. And
bolts 3 have red locking compound as opposed to some other MGR bolts which have blue - I've got no idea which colour means 'use once'. Maybe I should just replace the whole lot and be done with it - I don't want to have to keep crawling underneath to check the darned things. There again, it's another £30 or so down the drain.
