[TowerTalk] Stainless Steel Galling (Larry McDavid)

[Mark K5AM]

At 17:36 2010-06-25, Larry McDavid wrote:
>If you are screwing a stainless steel
>bolt into brass or aluminum, don't expect galling. . . .



Larry, thank you for the interesting comments on galling.

A common situation is a stainless U-bolt on an antenna,
with stainless nuts supplied.

What would you think about tossing the stainless nuts and
using Grade 8 plated steel nuts? I would replace the nuts
each time the U-bolt needed adjustment.

Mark, K5AM