The Navy uses lock-tabs on a lot of secondary nuclear steam valves and conventional main steam valves. Shelby continues to use them on the suspension. I've never seen one fail, either in a Cobra or on a ship.
I've never questioned them, so it's interesting to see your opinion. Have you had problems with them failing?
BTW, nice thread. Always nice to see original parts.
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Originally Posted by David Kirkham
Anyway, this it the infamous locking tab the English were so enamored with. At first glance it looks like a good answer to the question of keeping the bolt in place...in practice it is incredibly stupid. But, as they say, "Hind sight is 20/20" and who knows what people will be posting about me on the web 20 years from now!
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