[TR] $#%$^%^!!!!

[oliver]

i was told that the thicker nuts are better because they allow you to get a 
better grip with a torque wrench and a more accurate reading


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randall" <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
To: "'Triumphs'" <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [TR] $#%$^%^!!!!


>>      I used special new nuts from BF&E that were 50% thicker than
>> original.
>
> I got those same nuts from Ken.  They look trick, but he later told me 
> that
> a mechanical engineer had told him that they don't actually help any.  I
> couldn't tell that they made any difference either.
>
> When you torque the nuts, the stud stretches slightly (hopefully in a
> non-permanent fashion, known as elastic deformation).  This means that the
> bottom few threads of the nut wind up taking all of the load.  Once the 
> nut
> height has reached about the thickness of the stud/bolt, the rest of the 
> nut
> (if any) is basically still loose on the threads.