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Fasteners

Clamps called nuts, bolts, screws and serving to interconnect two or more parts. When working with fasteners need to constantly be aware of some things. Virtually any fasteners used some form of X's and locking devices. It can be lock washers, lock nuts, lock boxes or locking compound to the threads. All threaded fasteners used should be absolutely clean and direct, with an unbroken thread and not rounded corners hexagonal heads that are worn wrench. It should make it a rule obligatory replacement of damaged nuts and bolts of the new. Special self-locking nuts with nylon inserts or fibers can not be reused, since the giving of the X's are losing their properties and the assembly should always be replaced with new ones.

Rusted bolts and nuts to facilitate loosening and to avoid damage to the render must be treated with special penetrating composition. Many mechanics prefer to use for this purpose turpentine which is convenient to put out a special small canister with a long spout. After wetting "become attached" fixture penetrating composition, before proceeding to his giving of, should be given a structure for a few minutes to soak thoroughly oxidised contact layer. Strongly rusted fixture can be cut down a chisel, hacksaw sawed or removed using a special gaykoloma.

When cutting the bolt head or breaking of the stud in the assembly, the threaded portion of the residue can be drilled out or removed with a special tool. Most garages can undertake performance of this, as well as others (eg, restoration of stripped threads in the threaded holes), repair procedures.

Flat and lock washers during assembly must always be set in place in the same manner and in the same manner as before. The damaged washers always replace with new ones. Between a lock washer and a soft metal surface (such as aluminum), thin sheet metal or plastic always install flat washers.