02-09-2017, 05:37 PM
R,
Little end bolt locking using spring washers is supposed to be not good practice according to the website boltscience.com. I wrote about rebuilding an engine and installing a Phoenix crank recently in the PWA7C newsletter and one reader pointed out afterwards that spring washers promote loosening of the little end bolt and referred to the above website. I have been using springwashers and loctite for the little ends for a long time but perhaps I had better just use loctite from now on.
Cheers,
Dave.
Little end bolt locking using spring washers is supposed to be not good practice according to the website boltscience.com. I wrote about rebuilding an engine and installing a Phoenix crank recently in the PWA7C newsletter and one reader pointed out afterwards that spring washers promote loosening of the little end bolt and referred to the above website. I have been using springwashers and loctite for the little ends for a long time but perhaps I had better just use loctite from now on.
Cheers,
Dave.