<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Perry,<div><br></div><div>Here in lies one problem with some 5/16" bolts... A 5/16" UNC bolt has 18 TPI. A 5/16"BSW bolt also has 18 TPI. HOWEVER they are not interchangeable.</div><div><br></div><div>Case in point, the Aluminum front plate on the BN1/2 generators where the adjusting link attaches is tapped for a 5/16" bolt... <u>A 5/16" BSW bolt</u>! However, over the years they were replaced by owners with 5/16" UNC bolts from their local hardware store, because... They also have 18 TPI.. Yes they will thread in and tighten down, but Whitworth, by definition is a thread form with a 55 degree thread pitch angle while UNF/UNC are a 60 degree thread pitch angle. </div><div><br></div><div>Because of this 5 degree difference, sooner or later the bolt will loosen, and the threads in the front plate will be destroyed. Buyeye Sprite generator front plates are exactly the same!</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Curt</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 6:29 PM Perry Small via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Ok... enthralled by another guess the bolt game. Went to the garage and pulled out the BN 1 front frame section, cleaned the threads and iD’d the holes as 5/16 threads not 3/8. <div>Pulled one of the bolts on our BN2 and is a 5/16 -24. Hole on BN1 is courser (if there is such a word) so pulled out what I thought was a 1/4 Whitworth bolt (only indentified by the odd head size at 0.525 and it threaded in reasonably well. Other holes the same. </div><div>Since a 5/16 BSW has the same size head as the 1/4 Whitworth bolt in hand may have been a BSW. </div><div>Conclusion, either someone with too much time on his hands was running around with an old tap many years ago or that the subject threaded holes are definitely not 5/16 UNF. </div><div>I retreated from the garage to the house to resume enjoying the air conditioning. The east coast is roasting today. </div><div>Perry</div><div><div id="gmail-m_-2112329535758008542AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div>
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