Has anyone put locking nuts on...
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Burning Brakes
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Has anyone put locking nuts on...
Have any of you put locking nuts on your starter to secure the cables to the starter rather than the standard nuts that are on it? I occasionally have problems with mine backing off and I have to tighten them. Seems like a no-brainer to use locking nuts to me, probably gonna do it tomorrow just wondering if any of you have done so!
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You mustn't be tightening them enough. GM (as well as the other manufacturers) has made 100's of millions of cars with the same or very similar studs and nuts on the starters yet if you search you won't find wide spread failure reports involving them coming loose.
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Burning Brakes
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Hmm odd, I'll re-tighten, but they are very snug after I tighten them. I do have an aftermarket starter so maybe that could be part of the issue. If anything, I'll just put some lock-tite on them as Voodoo GTX stated
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