[TowerTalk] Good Fastener Practice

[Wayne Kline]

Pete,

Being a Belt and suspenders Type... I always have used SS  flat washers and spring washers  to assemble the element to boom bracket
U bolts.   Have installed  a number of F-12 antennas over the years and have   removed  Them, Never had a failure in that AREA . The boom to mast plates    is another story.

Wayne W3EA
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From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces at contesting.com> on behalf of N4ZR <n4zr at comcast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 9:57 PM
To: TowerTalk
Subject: [TowerTalk] Good Fastener Practice

I am in the process of reassembling an old F12 C3E, and noticed that
there were no washers with it.  Somewhere I think I recall reading that
when you use split lock washers, for example with U-bolts for attaching
elements to flat aluminum brackets, you should also use flat washers
between the split lock and the bracket.  True or false?

73, Pete N4ZR
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