[TowerTalk] Stainless U-bolts for Cushcraft antennas

[Keith Dutson]

Galvanized u-bolts are nice, but hard to find.  Would they work for this
application?

73, Keith NM5G

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill VanAlstyne,
W5WVO
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 9:04 AM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Stainless U-bolts for Cushcraft antennas

Typical of Cushcraft s/s u-bolts and nuts, which will gall if you so much as
look at them the wrong way. And why don't they tell you in the manual that
you need to use some kind of anti-seize when you assemble their stuff? You
tell me, I dunno. When I had to replace all the Cushcraft stainless hardware
in my yagi, I ordered them from Cushcraft under warranty (the antenna had
been up for less than three months) on the basis that they did not even
mention the possibility of galling in their manual. They filled the order
without charge. If the antenna has been up a while, of course, you're
probably out of luck in that regard.
Despite the fact that they did cough up the replacements under warranty, the
experience has not exactly endeared me to Cushcraft and their materials, as
it shouldn't have happened in the first place.

Bill / W5WVO


R.Sigismonti wrote:
> We are in the process of a major maintenance program here at N3RS.  I 
> have several 15M & 10M Yagis that use tubing & parts from Cushcraft 
> Yagis and cannot find a source for replacing several U-bolts that have 
> galled and cannot be reused.  They are the long (~4") U-bolts that 
> pass through the element and mate it with the 2" boom.  Anyone know of 
> a source of such U-bolts?
>
> They are for 2" OD tubing with 5/16" shank that is 4 inches long.  The 
> threads are about 2 inches long.
>
> Sig
>
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