[TowerTalk] Stainless U-bolts for Cushcraft antennas

[K4SAV]

Maybe they heard you. I just received an XM240 and the manual has an 
insert that says:
"Use liquid soap on the threads of Nylock washers to prevent friction 
and galling of stainless steel parts."
I guess I can be accused of not following instructions, I didn't use 
soap, I used an anti-seize compound.

Jerry

Bill VanAlstyne, W5WVO wrote:

>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.
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>Bill / W5WVO
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