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Old 06-21-2018, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Cobra #3170 View Post
I use proper air craft grade bolts and nuts on my half shafts and have found that they do not maintain torque. I have to change them a couple of times a year. I think they may be stretching under the torque load. I did not have this problem when the car had lower power levels in the 1960's through 1990's.
Bruce

Are you using Jet Nuts on the AN-bolts on the half shafts......

We had that same issue on the GT-1 with the 930 CV Joints....switched to Jet nuts and Red 271 Loctite ....and it worked.
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