Today I was on my own at home, so the car got jacked up for some attention (girlfriend's off photographing planes). I didn't do a great deal, I just took the Panhard rod off (again) & drilled the adjustment jam nuts for wire-locking as some time ago a "clonking" from the rear suspension had been identified as a rattling rose joint after the jam nut came loose. I also drilled both of the Panhard rod pivot bolt tails & put locking wire through the holes. It won't stop the nuts coming loose, but it will stop them coming off & leaving the Panhard rod flailing about & the car going sideways.
And before anyone says "one of them's anti-locked you old fool", that's the left hand thread end and yes I did make that mistake & had to re-wire it the other way.
Did it need wire-locking? Not really, but it's nice to use the old aircraft fitter skills from time to time.
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