<Rohn EP instructions: "Stake all nuts", what does it mean? Instead of a PAL nut, you could just double nut it. You could also use a nylock nut instead of the PAL nut. Or just use a nylock period, th
On 9/17/2018 10:28 AM, Jim Thomson wrote: You could also use a nylock nut instead of the PAL nut. Or just use a nylock period, then no need for a PAL nut, 2nd nut, or thread locker. UST uses Nylock n
I've never seen hot-dip galvanized nyloc nuts, but I guess they may be out there. I can't imagine how the nylon would survive the zinc bath though :-) Nylocs for stainless, obviously yes. Right, tha
Yes, I use non-galvanized nuts with bolts that are similar to galvanized many times on tower brackets and rotators where I do not want to use stainless steel bolts. To be specific, I use armor coated
I use Rohn bolts on my tower. There are no extra lock nuts required. I have never come across a Rohn bolt that came loose, since installation in 1998. Even if the nut came loose, I cannot imagine how
Agreed! Doing towers for 45 years. 73 Jim W7RY --Original Message-- From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Keith Dutson Sent: Monday, September 17, 2018 8:14 PM To: jo
I also suggested using the supplied hardware yesterday http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/towertalk/2018-09/msg00059.html . N6RK asked a different question regarding using galvanized bolts wi
The original post was for the fasteners used on guy wire equalizer plates. Like many topics it went off on a tangent. 73, Gary K9GS -- Original message --From: john@kk9a.com Date: 9/17/18 8:34 PM (G
I understand. I have a large antenna going up, to be rotated using an M2 Orion 2800P2. It will definitely use a mast clamp from either K7NV or K7LXC. My comment was to try to get back to the email th
My two towers are a collection of new old stock and used Rohn sections. The new-old stock sections came with Rohn hardware -- two sizes of fine thread. For the used sections, I bought the same rated