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Originally Posted by JusticePete
If a bolt tightens up, it is working.
If a nut comes loose, it is working.
EVERY-TIME you take a car to a road course it should go through a Life and Death Check. With the car on a lift, you lay a wrench on EVERY nut and bolt in the suspension and drive line to verify they are tight. Race cars are completely torn down and the fastners replaced between races.
After a road course event, your car goes back on the rack and you lay a wrench on every nut and bolt to make certain nothing has come loose and your automobile is safe to drive on the street.
As an alternative, you could drill and safety wire the nuts, but if I am driving on a road course, we are still doing a Life and Death Check before the vehicle hits the track.
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Great insight. My concern is that the bolt works loose on street driving alone.