Scooterotica

as above, is it worth using Nord lock washers to tighten your cylinder head? Using them on my wheels at the moment and they seem bob on.The reason I ask is I blew the head gasket coming back from Builth last weekend ( luckily only a few miles from home) so I've got to replace the head and base gasket so is it worth using Nord lock washers,thinking it might be a bit belts and braces,but surely better than just a standard washer,albeit a thick stainless washer or wavy washer.Cheers

Yes it is. I´m currently using them at the exhaust stub and on the head, nothing came loose last season.

Thank you, I am also using them on my exhaust,found them to be very good so far,lasted longer than the extended brass nuts with locking wire anyway.Do you use them on there own on the cylinder with just the cylinder nut, or with the nut,nord lock and thick washer?

I just use the Nordlocks and the nuts, nothing else.

ive got them on vespa clutches too

I've just got them on my exhaust stub. Pretty certain they should not be used with any other washers and should just be used on their own because they are in effect two washers mating together anyway.

Where can ya get 'em?

interesting, put them on my ts1 exhaust and they came loose, and i mean really loose - they were as tight as you can go without stripping the thread........

maybe just a one off

red wrote:Where can ya get 'em?

Http://bit.ly/ILt208

Thank you chaps,I seem to be getting in a Nord lock frenzy, so far wheel rims,exhaust studs, and exhaust fixing to sidecasing and now the cylinder head

red I get mine from here (in fact just ordered another load this evening) http://www.grampianfasteners.com/ but other people have recommended here as well http://www.engservfast.co.uk/