I'm replacing the front lower control arms on my 08 hyundai elantra because the bushings are bad. All four bolts were siezed in the bushing sleeves and I was able to get two of the bolts out and I cut the other two out. I went to the hyundai dealership to order all four new bolts and locknuts. I was able to get the bolts but they told me there was no part number available for the nuts. They tried to tell me to use a regular nut and loctite but I am NOT going to do that. I called 6 other hyundai dealerships in my area and none of them could get me these lock nuts. They all told me the schematics didn't show a part number for the nuts.
So now I'm stuck having to reuse the old nuts which I do not want to do because you're not really supposed to reuse top lock nuts. I am wondering if I should take a punch and tap the top of these nuts to make them lock tighter like they did when they were new. If it was anywhere else on the car I wouldn't be to worried about it but I do not want the control arm coming loose.
So I guess my question is has anyone had issues reusing the lock nuts on control arm bolts? Will hitting the top of the nut with a punch work to make them lock tight again? I'm extremely frustrated that I can't get these nuts from hyundai. I've went to a few other dealerships in town to see if they had any matching nuts in stock but I couldn't find any that would work.
So now I'm stuck having to reuse the old nuts which I do not want to do because you're not really supposed to reuse top lock nuts. I am wondering if I should take a punch and tap the top of these nuts to make them lock tighter like they did when they were new. If it was anywhere else on the car I wouldn't be to worried about it but I do not want the control arm coming loose.
So I guess my question is has anyone had issues reusing the lock nuts on control arm bolts? Will hitting the top of the nut with a punch work to make them lock tight again? I'm extremely frustrated that I can't get these nuts from hyundai. I've went to a few other dealerships in town to see if they had any matching nuts in stock but I couldn't find any that would work.
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