CORRECTION! It's a BOX wrench!
On 7/3/2017 Monday 5:23 AM, Roger (K8RI) on TT wrote:
I have, or had? a 12" T handle about a foot long, but there us now a
socket wrench that ratchets available in the big box stored and many
hardware stores. I think the one brand is Cobalt. They seem well made
and have a nice finish.
73, Roger (K8RI)
On 7/2/2017 Sunday 1:53 PM, Jim Thomson wrote:
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2017 09:29:36 -0400
From: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Galling and seizing of SS nuts to SS threaded
studs and bolts.
<Easier than that. Just use Never seize
<SS to SS under tension, or just tight fitting will have the nut bonding
<to the bolt.
<With no preventative You have to twist the bolt off. That can be a
real
<knuckle buster with 3/8ths or 1/2". Been there, done that.
<73, Roger (K8RI)
## agreed. I use the never seize made by Loctite corp. Looks like
silver goop. The deluxe version is called marine grade never
seize, also
made by Loctite corp.
## Where I had real bad issues with galling was when using .25-20
SS bolts
and mating SS NYLOCKS. The slightest nick or ding on either the
SS threads
of either the bolt threads ..or SS Nut threads and they would seize
up asap. The nylock
would bind and gall...and thats b4 the nut was even all the way
down. IE: tiny air gap.
Then I had to cut the bolt off.... behind the SS nylock... on the
inboard side, where the gap
lay...with a 1 inch cut off wheel on a dremel. SS bolts +
regular SS nuts.... IE : non nylocks
have given me zero issues.
## My fix for SS these days..is to..chase the threads with a die
1st..on the bolt. And
ditto with a tap into the SS nylock threads. Once both threads are
cleaned up, then apply
the never seize goop.... onto both bolt threads and Nylock nut
threads. End of problem.
## absolute bitch to try and run a die on a SS U bolt though.
The ..T handle of the die gets in the
way, since the U bolt is parallel threads ! Best I can come up
with is to ditch the T handle..and
just screw the die onto the SS bolt on both legs of the SS U bolts.
## When buying or storing SS hardware, keep them separated, dont
allow the SS threads to get
bashed about. If down at your local hard ware store, examine the
SS hardware that u pull out of the
bins.... b4 you buy anything. Avoid dinged up threads like the
plague, or any minor, visible imperfections.
## You really should not have to be mucking about with SS hardware
up a tower in a lot of cases. The
SS hardware, like .25-20, for boom splices.... and say 10-24 or
10-32 or 8-32 SS hardware + SS
nylocks..like if used for ele joint splices.... is all done on the
ground..in advance.
## If using the double plate scheme... aka.. easy on mount, like
F12 uses to mount a boom to the mast, I would use
galvanized G-5 hardware to mate the 2 x al plates, which requires a
total of 5 x bolts + 5 nuts.
## I use the DXE jumbo super mast clamps to hold the Vert plate to
the mast...and those use armor plated G8
bolts and nuts etc. Even on the galvanized hardware, I use either
never seize.... or penetrox on the threads.
Jim VE7RF
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