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Re: Reuse of Nylon Locking Nuts
Posted to Educators Forum on 10/31/2004

Back when I was part of Uncle Sam's Misguided Children (inside joke) fixing jet engines and helicopters, we had one rule:

Replace all Nylock fasteners whether it be a nut or a bolt (there are bolts with a piece of the nylon sticking out of it) period.

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