self locking knuts

[Alex Kowalski]

Oh, yes indeed.  The old "swaybar detaches from the control arm" failure mode.  It is a *very* fun ride, BTDT (long ago), and being old, conservative and putzy is just fine, thank you, because if it ever happens to you, it will take 20 years off your young, heedless and trendy life *anyway*, at the very least!

If/when it happens to you, it feels a little like the day I was riding my mountain bike over the crest of a steep hill.  There was a rock in front of the front wheel just over the crest, and I stood up and yanked on the handlebars to help lift the wheel over the obstacle -- at which point I heard a "FOOoMmP!" from the steering head as the handlebars came off in my hands!  Ohhhhh.   OooOooohhhhhh.  Big crash.  

Now I am old, conservative and putzy also with critical fasteners on my cars, motorcycles, bicycles, and my shoelaces too.

Cheers,
Alex Kowalski
'87 5KCSTQ


> Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 18:03:12 -0800 (PST)
> From: Tony Hoffman <tfh400036 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: self locking knuts
> To: quattro at audifans.com
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> 
> > To be realistic, I have never had fasteners just
> > mysteriously fly off, after proper
> > reassembly. People who race at the track will tell a
> > different story. Back in my $500 Rabbit
> > days, I never replaced the "you must replace these"
> > fasteners, and I have never had a
> > problem. Now I replace them because I have become
> > old, conservative and putzy.
> > 
> > Tom LH
> > 1995 90q
> 
> 
> Or, when the nuts come off the back of the front sway
> bar on a type 44, and the tire goes back, into the
> fender. It's a fun ride. These are locknuts, reused
> who knows how many times. I currently have 4 type
> 44's, and three of them have bent fenders.
> Hmmmmmmm......
> 
> Tony