[TowerTalk] Rohn Bolts AND nuts - won't mate

[Chris]

Why not get a hold of someone at Rohn, and send them one of your bolts and nuts so you can get on the same page?  At least you'll know if they are all that tight or if there is a defect.

Chris
KF7P






On Jan 26, 2016, at 10:18 AM, john at kk9a.com wrote:

> I think Stan has a good suggestion. I think that the best you'll get out
> of Rohn would be replacement bolts with the same tight fit. You can
> purchased galvanized nuts at McMaster-Carr, Fastenal, etc.
> 
> John KK9A
> 
> To:	"tower" <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Subject:	Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn Bolts AND nuts - won't mate
> From:	"StellarCAT" <rxdesign at ssvecnet.com>
> Date:	Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:06:21 -0500
> 
> 
> Thanks for the replies guys... so this is indeed somewhat new. My last tower,
> bought new in 2005, did not have these nuts. So its been since then. And I’m
> sure others would have chimed in if it were anything older than say the last
> few years so it must be quite a bit new.
> 
> As for buying other  things – like replacement nuts or spray galvanizing – I
> paid for proper bolt kits and that is what I expect to have. These as far
> as I
> can tell with only the one ‘set’ opened are not useable.
> 
> I’ll see if Rohn can replace the nuts with their standard nuts from the
> past. I
> never had a problem with them nor have I ever heard of them loosening. The
> “over-dipped” galvanizing on the old ones, bolts and nuts, already made them
> stay put when tightened. This is far too much of an overkill.
> 
> Gary
> K9RX
> 
> 
> Gary,If I were you, instead of fighting it, I would buy galvanized (tapped
> oversize) hex nuts and use them instead of the locknuts. I don't know when
> they
> started using locknuts, but for decades they did not use them. There are
> thousands of towers installed without locknuts and without problems as a
> result.73... Stan, K5GO> On Jan 25, 2016, at 8:03 PM, StellarCAT
> rxdesign at ssvecnet.com> wrote:
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