Thread: ('08-'10) 08 2.5i
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Old 06-06-2012, 12:08 AM   #5320
BWX
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2009 2.5i 4dr 5spd
Newport Blue Pearl

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Those nuts Rallitek give you are supposed to be better than a vinyl lock-nut, and are supposed to lock with the shape of the nut. Obviously that doesn't work.

Also one of you's guys told my yours rusted away- so Rallitek supplied nuts aren't good even if you could get them to stay put!

I think I'm going to go get some stainless 10X1.25 nuts with vinyl locking insert and also use some Loctite. I think the Loctite Blue Threadlocker 243 would be the one to use.
http://www.henkelna.com/industrial/p...UID=0000000HX3

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After a little more research, I think a grade 5 nut would be fine, just coated with zink or something stronger to stop corrosion.

-I bet a good solution would be to use two nuts if they would fit. Just the standard method of tightening the first nut to 1/4 to 1/2 final ft lbs torque, then holding it with a wrench and tightening a second nut on top of it to the final torque spec, whatever that may be for this application. Not sure if there's a torque recommendation in the instructions.. but you get the idea. If there's no room for second nut, then loctite it is.

My roll bars and hardware are sitting on my foosball table.. I'll go look and see if two nuts will fit.
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two probably won't fit, and there are torque specs- Something like 46 ft lbs rear, 30 front...
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Last edited by BWX; 06-06-2012 at 02:46 AM.
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