Precision Airmotive LLC

RST Engineering wrote:
Oh, come on. If the manufacturer did really "tighten" the bolts, then they
would have had to "slip" an entire thread on every pitch. Fixed threads
don't "slip" if they are worn, they jump threads. If the carb body was this
worn, the "tightening" would have completely stripped every pitch and they
wouldn't have been able to torque the bolts down.

BTW, a screw has a slot, a cross, or a keyway. A bolt has a hex head.

Me? I use the hex bolts but I replace them with drilled head bolts and use
both the bendmeup tabs and safety wire as well. There is nothing in the
manual that says you can't ADD safety, you just can't do less.

Jim


Damn, I got ripped off, my machine supply house just sold me a couple
pounds of 1/2" SAE hex head cap screws. Must be some kind of government
conspiracy though, as I also have a bucket of AN21 "Bolts" out here in
the shop that obviously aren't bolts no matter what the AN spec calls
them. What else have I been lied to about? Looking in the bin under my
bench now...Oh my god, I really am screwed now -- I have bins full of
NAS stuff, all labeled "bolts" that can't possibly be bolts. At least
my Torx screws are authentic.

Charles