Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 512 TR NO DRIVE THE REST OF THE STORY!!!!

[Martin Stark (MStark]

However, race car bits that are not normally torqued like steering 
wheels, brackets, and misc. fasteners do benefit from safety wire.  It 
provides a substantial degree of "vibration proofing" without resorting 
to thread locking compounds.

Allan wrote:

> The real reason most aircraft parts are safety wired on through
> the bolt heads or cotter pinned through the nuts is not that
> the safety wire does anything (if the bolts are not torqued properly, 
> they'll be destroyed regardless of any safety wire),
> but rather that it reminds you that you remembered to tighten that
> bolt/nut.
>
>
> allan
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