My shifter is nuts!

[yarcraft91]

Actually, the nuts on the factory Inland shifter keep coming loose. I've had a few instances where a shop put the car on a lift, then commented they found the shifter nuts loose, in one case almost falling off. In each case, they re-tightened the nuts. Apparently those nuts keep loosening.

Suggestions for a more permanent fix? I'm thinking nylocks, but hope to benefit from experience here. BTW, I have never crawled under the car to see what nuts (bolts?) the mechanics are talking about- I should do that, eh?

 

[1968FormulaS340]

http://www.google.com/products/cata...a=X&ei=w91HTs2NE9HRiAKkzK3wAQ&ved=0CEYQ8gIwBg

or

http://www.google.com/products/cata...TpWKFc7YiALw_K3LAQ&ved=0CFwQ8wIwAA#ps-sellers

Get the threads totally clean before you apply. Should solve your problem.
Available at any auto-parts store.

 

[yarcraft91]

Yep- LocTite is certainly an option.

 

[Big Jim]

Loc-tite is an option, but it strikes me there would be less chance of twisting off the stud on the shifter fork with a nyloc- depending on which loc-tite you use