Mac's Car Refresh

[Mac]

Coming along nicely!

Do you have a process you can share on wiring the CV bolts like that? I assume you would start with a single wire of "x" length and go through the first bolt, twist the end and extra length, then move to the next and so on?

So....I used to be an aircraft mechanic back when. We safety wired everything. I still have the special pilers to do it, even though you don't need them to do good wiring.

I don't see CV bolts as being critical enough to "X" them. This is just to keep them from backing out. I just run the wire through straight and twist from there. The key is to get the holes on the number of bolts to pull against each other to "tighten" the bolts and keep them from loosening up.

Other things to watch for, don't over twist or snug the twist too tight as it makes the wire brittle and it will break or easily break. I'd also only stick to 2 bolts at a time. If you do multiple bolts patterns...Murphy's law says you'll break the wire on the last bolt and have to start over...

The big thing I learned from my transmission guy was most of the CV bolts out there are too long. You need to make sure the bolts don't dig into the trans case or seal. I had to take a 1/16" off all my bolts on the trans side for clearance.

 

[Rockwood]

So....I used to be an aircraft mechanic back when. We safety wired everything. I still have the special pilers to do it, even though you don't need them to do good wiring.

I don't see CV bolts as being critical enough to "X" them. This is just to keep them from backing out. I just run the wire through straight and twist from there. The key is to get the holes on the number of bolts to pull against each other to "tighten" the bolts and keep them from loosening up.

Other things to watch for, don't over twist or snug the twist too tight as it makes the wire brittle and it will break or easily break. I'd also only stick to 2 bolts at a time. If you do multiple bolts patterns...Murphy's law says you'll break the wire on the last bolt and have to start over...

The big thing I learned from my transmission guy was most of the CV bolts out there are too long. You need to make sure the bolts don't dig into the trans case or seal. I had to take a 1/16" off all my bolts on the trans side for clearance.

It’s easier to just let the sand you didn’t fully clean out of there work as “loctite” you know…

 

[FOG]

Wow! That looks so clean. Are you sure you want to put it back in the sand?