Patent ID: 7204521

Claim:
A method of preventing disconnection of a coupling using a device having (i) first and second halves that are mateable to form an opening, said first and second halves each having an inner surface configured to mate with each other, (ii) a plurality of holes defined in said first and second halves, said plurality of holes including at least one socket hole, wherein the socket hole has a length comprising a first diameter portion and a second diameter portion, the socket hole is enclosed along the first diameter portion and the second diameter portion, the first diameter is less than the second diameter, and the socket hole is defined in one of said first and second halves such that the first diameter portion is proximate the inner surface of said one of said first and second halves, (iii) at least one threaded hole defined in the other of said first and second halves, and (iv) at least one threaded fastener having a head, said method comprising the steps of: (a) fitting said first and second halves directly over said coupling, such that said coupling is disposed in said opening, (b) aligning said socket hole with said threaded hole, (c) inserting said threaded fastener into said socket hole and threadedly engaging said threaded fastener with said threaded hole such that the threaded fastener head is disposed completely within the socket hole and is adjacent the inner surface of the one of said first and second halves that is proximate the first diameter portion; wherein the coupling is an odometer cable coupling; and wherein said at least one threaded fastener is threadedly engaged with said threaded hole using a thin-wall deep socket inserted in the socket hole.