Blue Plastic Nuts For Wood Self Fabricated

[Charles 230SL]

Is it common for these nuts to vibrate loose? I've had to retighten my dash wood twice in the past 3 years and I've even thought about using a dab of loc-tite. Fortunately the nut that works loose is in the center of the dash so I'm able to access it through the dash speaker opening - but it's still quite an aggravation to have to remove the grill and speaker. https://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=25760.msg184507#msg184507

[wwheeler]

I wouldn't think it should work loose. Maybe your idle is a bit rough and you should do the linkage tour.

I think that is why there is a self locking feature at the end of the new nuts. You can use the method I or Pawell suggested to create that. It is certainly possible that after a few ons and offs, the locking feature on the nut has worn off.

[wwheeler]

FREE PARTS: I have (30) spare blue plastic nuts and obviously don't need that many. Like Pawell's, they are not as smooth as a molded part but function just fine and have the blue color. These were printed using the STL file from mrfatboy. They need to be tapped and can be done so very easily with a 5mm tap. Also there is a plug in the hollow end that was used to support the nut during printing and it chips away easily.

I will ship these in lots of (5) to whomever is interested for FREE if you pay shipping (US only). Attached are pics. I will have to get a quote, But I imagine shipping would be no more than $5.

PM me if you are interested.

Only 15 left.........And shipping is $5.00

[Vander]

Wwheeler pm sent

[wwheeler]

5 left......

[Charles 230SL]

I won't run the tap all the way through so they'll be self locking - I'll leave about 1mm untapped. thanks Wallace   

[afeustel]

PM Sent

[wwheeler]

Ok. All of the nuts are gone! It was a fun project!

[Charles 230SL]

hi Wallace, the plastic nuts arrived today - thanks! I plan to tap a couple over the weekend with a 5mm tap. thanks again for sending them.