awe shucks guys
you all can loctite, safety wire, or for that matter weld every friggin bolt, nut and cotter pin if you like
i am just glad i don't have to follow up with service on one of your engine's
i would bet that with dragonof's 38 years, and my 34 years of diesel hands on experience
he and i have had our grubby mits on a dumptruck load of rocker jamb nuts,,, and the only ones that came lose in operation
were never torqued right to start with.
but what do we know?
one nut fall's off on one engine, and everyone want's to jump on the loctite wagon
knock yourselves out!
you all got my blessing!
lol
i just wonder though,, if one of us has a car wheel come off after having tires put on
are we all going to loctite the lugnuts on?
maybe we should safety wire them?
drill the studs and put in cotter pins? lock tabs? weld them in place?
or just simply torque them correctly to start with?
don't get me wrong, there is a place for loctite,, i just don't think it is rocker nuts
especially with only one failure of which a determination of cause has not been made.
bob g