Lockwiring

Hey - Has anyone got any guides on lockwiring - preferably on the interweb.

I get the basic process, but it would be nice to see some specifics or tips i.e this is a good idea or never do this etc, before i get trigger happy with my drill.

Thanks
Luke

[flymo]

Originally Posted by lukemillar

Hey - Has anyone got any guides on lockwiring - preferably on the interweb.

I get the basic process, but it would be nice to see some specifics or tips i.e this is a good idea or never do this etc, before i get trigger happy with my drill.

Thanks
Luke

Not quite sure what you are looking for, but from experience...

I only lockwire whats necessary, not everything. Thread lock is more than up to the job to prevent threads coming loose so I only tend to lockwire what the racing regs ask for, e.g

Oil filler cap, sump plug. For an oil filter with no bolt fasten a jubilee clip around it and lockwire the clip to a suitable location.

Originally Posted by flymo

Not quite sure what you are looking for, but from experience...

I only lockwire whats necessary, not everything. Thread lock is more than up to the job to prevent threads coming loose so I only tend to lockwire what the racing regs ask for, e.g

Oil filler cap, sump plug. For an oil filter with no bolt fasten a jubilee clip around it and lockwire the clip to a suitable location.

Ok, assume you have never lockwired something before in you life and you have to lockwire a few things - how do you do it?

Like the sump plug for instance, how do you drill the hole? where does the other end of the wire go?

[Bibio]

http://www.reveley.com/oldsite/convert/stage1.html

Perfect! Just what I was after, Thanks

[flymo]

Important thing to remember is that the wire is in tension in such a way that it would prevent a loose bolt from rotating loose. Bear that in mind when you choose the location on the engine case or similar for the fastening hole.

It can also be a good idea to drill more than one hole in the bolt head as they dont always tighten with the hole in the right place if there's a single one.

Do you have a pair of lockwire pliars? makes the job very easy.

[timwilky]

Originally Posted by flymo

Do you have a pair of lockwire pliars? makes the job very easy.

essential, makes it seconds of a job to do all that twisting neatly

[yorkie_chris]

http://marrc.nova.org/html_docs/rrs.bikeprep.html

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

http://marrc.nova.org/html_docs/rrs.bikeprep.html

Exactly what I was going to recommend (MARRC is a local group to me)

Yep, borrowed some pliers yesterday and that guide is sweet as well - cheers guys.