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Old 09-03-2007, 03:34 PM
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Here you can see another common problem in original Cobras. Here you see whoever put this together used nylocks. The brake rotor can get well past 1000 F degrees under hard braking. The nylon in the nuts will break down in short order riding next to such temperatures. We strictly use all metal aircraft lock nuts here. Original cars used all metal lock nuts here as well.

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