At 08:40 PM 3/8/2009, Jake de Villiers wrote:
>What lofty Nirvana do you inhabit where there is no salt-induced
>corrosion and flat-rate mechanics have time for such foolishness?

One where I want my tie rod ends to stay on...call me old and
lilylivered.  I was 58 last Thursday.

:-)
d
Ps -- I just realized this is the lock nut we're talking about.  I'm
not *quite* so doctrinaire about that, I guess.  I was thinking of
the one on the other end.  But I do very much think that fasteners
should maintain the same grade that the engineers specified, so when
I heat things I tend to do it quite gently; and when I heat them
hard, I get rid of 'em.  Except exhaust nuts which I routinely blow
off with the cutting torch, uttering an evil laugh as I do.

  --
David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'89 Po' White Star "Scamp"