N o matter how careful you are when you reinstall old rusty nuts and bolts, someday you’re going to strip some threads.Of course, it will happen on a critical bolt, on a Sunday night when all ...

Use AN 320 half height castle nut in double shear with corresponding ultra-short thread bolts. See All 20 Photos Nuts: Standard non-locking type (1) is okay for non-critical applications, should ...

A torque wrench is an extremely important tightening tool that you definitely don’t want to skimp on, especially if you’re ...

Adjust the nuts until the tops of the J-bolts rest on the axlehousing and the nuts rest on the spring perch. The brake lines will probably need to be moved slightly, as we've done here.

Nuts and Bolts - Part 1. We were on Kangaroo Island - the home of the most genetically-pure Ligurian bees on the planet, and the only sea-lions in the known universe that are so tame you can walk ...

The allowable tensile load in the bolt, based only on the shear area of the bolt threads, is then found from P s = 0.5S t A s ⁄F s. An option is to calculate shear area using a 1-in. length of ...