On May 2, 6:58*am, "RBM" wrote:
"mm" wrote in message

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I bought one of those little kit trailers, what you can get for about
350 dollars, with a 4x8' bed, for a one time use, and some little uses
aftewrads. *From Harbor Freight that carries 990 pounds they say. *I
only need to carry less than 100.

Assembling it today, I noticed that they depend on nuts with nylon
inserts to keep the nuts from coming all the way off. They depend on
tightening them tighlly to keep them from coming loose.

Is that enough or should I put split ring lock washers under each nut.

Or would it be better, just as good, to put jamb nuts on the bolts
that are long enough.

IIRC the instructions say in one place to check that the nuts are
tight after 100 miles, which seems like a good idea, but in another
place I think it said every 100 miles!!!!!

Thanks

When I would build the shelving racks in my service vans, I always used
split ring lock washers and *lock-tite, but due to the constant vibration,
it was a never ending battle to keep things tight. On the last two vans I
set up, I had discovered the nylon lock nuts, and nothing has ever come
loose since

I have heard from several authoritative sources that lock washers
really don't do much more than a properly torqued nut and flat washer
alone. The Nylocks are definitely an improvement. Anymore I only use
the split washers where they were originally used to keep an original
look but if I am building something from scratch I use either Loctite
or Nylocks.

nate