[TowerTalk] dxengineering U-bolts froze??

[Kurt Cathcart, KR2C]

Have this happen all the time with stainless parts.  There are antiseize 
products on the market that might help.

I've actually had them seize up so tight that I twisted the u-bolt like a 
pretzel and it broke off at the twist.

I'm am strong like the bull, no?  Well maybe I just smell like one.  :)

-Kurt
KR2C

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob AD5VJ" <ad5vj at ad5vj.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 8:37 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] dxengineering U-bolts froze??


>I like dxengineering parts; however, I installed my new th6dx this last
> weekend with the help of the Azle Ham Club here locally. After taking down
> my Hornet Tribander I was disassembling the Hornet from the mounting plate
> that I bought from dxengineering.
>
> I bought it with the recommended stainless steel U-bolt clamps they sell
> when I put the Hornet up. It was up less than a year on the tower. While I
> was loosening a couple of the U-bolt from the mast, the nut holding a 
> couple
> of the U-bolts became very hard to take off until I had to place the
> assembly in a vice to get enough torque on my wrench to finally get the 
> nut
> off along with using a spray lubricant.
>
> The threads are ruined on the nut and the U-bolt since it seemed to cross
> thread as it came loose for no apparent reason.
>
> I would have hated to have been trying this on top of the tower hanging 
> from
> a strap trying to get it apart.
>
> Has anyone else had a problem like this, I remember it wasn't hard to
> tighten when I assembled it as it went on very easily, just taking it off
> was very difficult.
>
> 73,
> Bob AD5VJ
>
>
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