Your story points to "magic" of the anti-seize. It's sticker than grease
and less prone to washing away even on the course thread turnbuckles that we
use on towers. Of course no matter what type of lube you use, safety wire
is the ground rule under all circumstances. (By the way the type of
turnbuckles used on most boats have locking nuts that tighten against the
body of the turnbuckle to prevent rotation.
Patrick
WA7VNI
patd@wolfenet.com
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From: owner-towertalk@contesting.com
[mailto:owner-towertalk@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Pete Smith
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 1998 05:50 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Could not believe my eyes <--Part II]
At 07:36 PM 6/19/98 -0700, Patrick Dayshaw wrote:
>
>
>As someone who maintains a sailboat with a 50 ft. aluminum mast and fairly
>heavy rigging (picture trying to keep a 50 ft. tall soda can erect). I
have
>found that "anti-seize" compound (available at Auto Parts stores) seems to
>work really well on turnbuckles.
If you use that stuff, be very sure to safety-wire the turnbuckles.
Years ago, my daughter had a 1972 Bug that used bolts into the brake drums
to hold the wheels on. After a thousand miles or so these would get almost
impossible to remove.
In a misguided effort to make it easier for her to change tires, I put some
MB2S antisieze compound on the wheel bolts. A couple of weeks late, she
jounced over a train track and a front wheel came off.
There *is* such a thing as too free a thread!
73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr@contesting.com
"That's WEST Virginia. Thanks and 73"
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