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Old 03-30-2015, 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by trader4 View Post
I would. I replaced the starter and tightened the cable by a
very reasonable amount. Couple months later, started having
similar issues. Turned out the cable nut somehow had come loose.
So.... I tightened it up again. It is on the end of the starter
solenoid and you don't want to twist it off, but I did put a good
torque on it. A couple months later, same thing. I've never seen
something with no real reason to come loose, come loose.
Last
time, instead of using the nut on the starter, I used a regular nut
from Lowes together with Locktite. Been OK since.
Since a starter draws a lot of amps it is probably the heat cycle that is causing that nut to come loose. A nyloc nut will prevent this.

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