[TowerTalk] dxengineering U-bolts froze??

[Ryan Jairam]

If you use nylok nuts they won't come off. So basically you attack the
problem on two fronts:

Prevent galling with antiseize so that you can loosen them when
necessary while at the same time preventing inadvertent loosening of
the nuts due to vibration with nylok locking nuts.

Ryan N2RJ

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Bob AD5VJ <ad5vj at ad5vj.com> wrote:
> Thanks to everyone for your replies, now I know hihi
>
> I am so glad that it had nothing to do with dxengineering parts quality, I
> really like their prices and their parts. So 'never seez' here I come.
>
> Hope it doesn't come off in the rain, snow and ice :0(
>
> Thanks again
> 73
> Bob AD5VJ
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
>> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jack KZ4USA
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 9:32 AM
>> To: Tower and HF antenna construction topics.
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] dxengineering U-bolts froze??
>>
>> Yes Never-Seez  does work. I have used it for years.
>>
>> Jack
>> KZ4USA
>> Bradenton, Florida
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Kurt Cathcart, KR2C" <Kurt at KuhlRoad.net>
>> To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics."
>> <towertalk at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 9:14 AM
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] dxengineering U-bolts froze??
>>
>>
>> > 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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Ryan A. Jairam,