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FattyBoomBatty · 05-10-2009

My downpipe keeps coming loose because the bolts aren't man enough to stay put. I switched to allen head style bolts and went with no lock washers, thinking that the ones I had on there might have been causing the bolts to loosen up. Apparently it doesn't matter what I use, they will loosen up anyway.

So, does anyone have any experience with some bolt or washer or combo thereof that hasn't come loose? I know there are the locking nuts like factory mitsu stuff. I could convert to studs and do that, but it's a lot harder to get the pipe on with those and I have VERY little room to work with back there (bad design on my part).

05-10-2009	#1
FattyBoomBatty Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Boulder, CO Drives: Conquest Posts: 5,049	Needed: lock washers that actually lock My downpipe keeps coming loose because the bolts aren't man enough to stay put. I switched to allen head style bolts and went with no lock washers, thinking that the ones I had on there might have been causing the bolts to loosen up. Apparently it doesn't matter what I use, they will loosen up anyway. So, does anyone have any experience with some bolt or washer or combo thereof that hasn't come loose? I know there are the locking nuts like factory mitsu stuff. I could convert to studs and do that, but it's a lot harder to get the pipe on with those and I have VERY little room to work with back there (bad design on my part).