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Front struts

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by Dmartin4, Mar 4, 2020.

  1. Mar 4, 2020 at 1:25 PM
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    Dmartin4

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    Anyone have trouble with the front struts top nuts coming loose I installed a leveling kit on my 14 Tacoma and the nuts come loose
     
    Dmartin4, Mar 4, 2020
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  2. Mar 4, 2020 at 1:26 PM
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    Nothing worse than loose nuts. :facepalm:
     
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  3. Mar 4, 2020 at 1:28 PM
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    No, they should not come loose. There are several common ways to secure them, assuming they are the correct size and properly torqued already.
     
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  4. Mar 4, 2020 at 5:44 PM
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    Clean them well and put a little blue, medium strength Loctite on them.
     
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    Yeah, but that would make it blue nuts.
     
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    I hear that's better than blue balls.:rolleyes:
     
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    ....or replace the nuts with 10.9 nylock nuts with washers......
     
    Crow Horse, Mar 6, 2020
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