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Re: [Shop-talk] misshapen hex nuts

To: John Innis <jdinnis@gmail.com>, Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] misshapen hex nuts
From: Michael Porter via Shop-talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 13:48:12 -0600
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On 5/31/2019 11:18 AM, John Innis via Shop-talk wrote:
> This looks like a shortcut on the part of the mfgr.  I have seen nuts 
> where the threaded hole is bolonged a bit to create tension to assist 
> with self locking, but all of those I have seen has a perfect hex.


To add to that, in all the stover nuts I've seen, the distortion is only 
in the upper part of the nut, not the full thread--otherwise, it could 
not be installed without difficulty or chance of cross-threading.

Pitch `em.  They're junk.


Cheers.

-- 


Michael Porter
Roswell, NM


Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance....


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