[TowerTalk] Need heat treated bolts

[Don Havlicek]

Bill,
After tightening those bolts, cover them with RTV Silicone seal .. and 
they won't loosen from vibration again .. but will be easy to remove 
when YOU want to do that!
73
Don
N8DE

Bill Turner wrote:
> The 8x16 mm bolts holding my Yaesu G-1000DXA rotator to the mounting
> plate in the tower have sheared off and I need to replace them.  Does
> anyone know of a source of metric heat treated bolts that will sell in
> small quantities?
> 
> As a side issue, how does one prevent this in the first place?  The
> bolts were installed with Loctite and tightened with lockwashers in
> place but eventually came loose anyway after about two years, thus
> allowing the wind to rock the rotator back and forth, shearing off the
> bolts.  The wind is never really strong here in the desert, but it is
> darn near constant.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> --
> Bill, W6WRT
> QSLs via LoTW
> 
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