[TowerTalk] Rohn 45 Tower Bolts Torque Setting

[Robert Chudek - K0RC]

Steve,

No, this was very good information. I see it fitting in nicely with the "True North", "Owl", and "Wench" threads when the bands are dormant!

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN




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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:45:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steven Kerns <n3fti at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn 45 Tower Bolts Torque Setting
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I really don't think we need to worry about precise torquing of tower bolts, let alone bolt stretch.  Seem a little overkill for tower bolts!  Just snug then tight.

I just could not resist throwing in the bolt strech info, I hope everyone realized that I was jesting by my ;-) at the end of the email.

We do use a bolt strech gauge when putting together motors for our blown alcohol dragster.  As Hans noted, ARP (racing bolt mfgr) does give a spec for them to be stretched to depending on material and diameter.

73

Steve, N3FTI