Panhard bar keeps loosening up

[Gabe]

I have a J&M panhard bar and I put grease on the nuts where you adjust it to keep the area from rusting, but it seems that all I've done is make it so the nuts keep coming loose.
I don't have a wrench large enough for the nuts so I've been using chanel-lock pliers to tighten the nuts, but shortly after that I find them loose

I'm thinking of washing off the grease with brake cleaner and tightening the nuts back up one more time ...

Any thoughts/recommendations ?

 

[lethe]

Buy the proper size wrench and tighten them. Channel locks aren't going to cut it.

 

[BAKnBLK2010]

Buy the proper size wrench and tighten them. Channel locks aren't going to cut it.

^^^^This. You have to really crank on those to keep them from coming loose.

 

[CPRsm]

Lol, Yes^^^
Take your ass to vatozone and spend ten bucks man!! Hahaha

 

[Wes06]

yup get a good wrench set, hell a crescent wrench would work, get a bigass fucker and tighten it down

 

[BleedinBlue]

/thread

It's the truth.

 

[Gabe]

I have a 12" pipe wrench that'll probably do the job ..

My question I guess is mostly whether I should clean off the grease or not ...

 

[UltraKla$$ic]

Greasy nuts FTL!!! Clean em up!

 

[BruceH]

I wouldn't use a pipe wrench. The grease will increase the torque load of the nut. It's possible to apply too much clamping force with lubricated fasteners and strip the threads. Less torque value is needed to apply the clamping force when the threads are lubricated. It's not what is causing the loosening.

If you want to find the correct torque start searching the terms "sae torque, and turnbuckle. You will need to know the size and thread pitch to get a correct torque value. Choose lubricated when looking at the values.

 

[JEWC_Motorsports]

Id use some red loctite, but thats just me.

 

[Gabe]

OK, so brake cleaner spray to clean off the grease (already have), red loctite (need to buy), and a wrench that I don't know what size I need (need to buy)

All that to keep from having loose nuts, lol

 

[NUTCASE]

I used loctite on mine also. this was some years ago. there is rust on there now but I figure when I lower it (one day, been talking about it forever LOL) I will just hit it with some PB blaster and patience

 

[Gabe]

My car's already lowered and I don't plan on changing springs, ever, so if the nuts rust, so be it at this point.
I'm just sick of them coming loose

 

[Rob72]

If I remember correctly BMR recommended blue loctite for mine. Using that and an adjustable wrench I've never had a problem since I bought the bar about 5 years ago. I always mark the nuts with paint and check every so often.

 

[skwerl]

Just pick up a cheap 8" or 10" adjustable wrench. Or two of them, since you need to grab both sides of the attachment point and tighten them against each other.

 

[fdjizm]

I usually don't like my nuts greasy.
Buy the wrench, it won't come loose after that.

 

[itsslow]

The amount of laziness in this thread is unbelievable... If you think buying locktight and a wrench is alot, I highly recommend you don't do your own work...

 

[Scott_0]

come on man, stop using channel locks and monkey wrenches and shit, you aint working on your kitchen sink lol, buy the proper size wrench and youll always have it

 

[fdjizm]

come on man, stop using channel locks and monkey wrenches and shit, you aint working on your kitchen sink lol, buy the proper size wrench and youll always have it

Wonder if his stereo looks like this..

 

[Rob72]

^LMAO

BTW Gabe, a couple of adjustable wrenches are great to have when playing with O2 sensors and non foulers too.