 What is the curent thinking on exhaust stud nuts, Copper or regular? |
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| thomasotten |
 Oct 10 2007, 10:52 AM
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Are the copper coated nuts the way to go, or is using regular bolts, double bolting the way. I read something yesterday that said the copper nuts should only be used once...why?? Should I coat the studs with anything?
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thomasotten What is the curent thinking on exhaust stud nuts Oct 10 2007, 10:52 AM
Jake Raby Those copper nuts are evil.
I throw them away.
W... Oct 10 2007, 11:18 AM
brer Copper plated objects are rated differently than p... Oct 10 2007, 01:13 PM rhodyguy what is the prefered fastener jake? Oct 10 2007, 12:33 PM 914Sixer I prefer the factory nut but they are not cheap. ... Oct 10 2007, 12:53 PM URY914 I've used stainless steel nuts in the past. Pr... Oct 10 2007, 01:19 PM solex I switched to SS nuts and washers as the copper lo... Oct 10 2007, 01:21 PM davep Jake has said in the past that he uses stainless s... Oct 10 2007, 03:16 PM Jake Raby The double nut trick also keeps rust off the prot... Oct 10 2007, 03:59 PM thomasotten
The double nut trick also keeps rust off the pro... Oct 10 2007, 04:05 PM thomasotten Found these two items in CB:
http://www.cbperform... Oct 10 2007, 04:02 PM brer its worth noting that SS nuts on stock studs is pr... Oct 10 2007, 04:22 PM URY914
its worth noting that SS nuts on stock studs is p... Oct 10 2007, 06:45 PM Rand
its worth noting that SS nuts on stock studs is ... Oct 10 2007, 06:52 PM Jake Raby Thats not been my experience.
Milk of Magnesia w... Oct 10 2007, 06:41 PM brer ok, in my experience with boats and cars. rust on... Oct 10 2007, 07:06 PM Pat Garvey Regardless of the Milk of Magnesia concept (which ... Oct 10 2007, 07:25 PM Rand The first nut should be torqued properly, then hel... Oct 10 2007, 07:32 PM Jake Raby The Milk of Magnesia is the worlds best super high... Oct 10 2007, 07:50 PM Cap'n Krusty There's an interesting article on stainless st... Oct 10 2007, 08:25 PM jk76.914
There's an interesting article on stainless s... Oct 10 2007, 08:59 PM Demick When double-nutting, how the hell do you get a wre... Oct 10 2007, 08:44 PM Rand
When double-nutting, how the hell do you get a wr... Oct 10 2007, 09:55 PM PRS914-6 Just a quick note on stainless hardware. If you u... Oct 10 2007, 08:53 PM Jake Raby Most every engine I build gets a stub pipe of some... Oct 10 2007, 10:00 PM ConeDodger
Most every engine I build gets a stub pipe of som... Oct 10 2007, 10:51 PM  |
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