------=_NextPart_000_0004_01C53E78.15A2B6F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yes I generally would put the lock nut on top of the standard nut ,if you p= ut the standard nut on top theres always the chance of it coming of. T Blyth ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Mrthigby@...=20 To: bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com=20 Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 8:00 PM Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Lock Nuts In a message dated 10/04/2005 16:14:01 GMT Standard Time, johnedavid@hotm= ail.com writes: Lock Nuts These seem usually to be put together with the thinner nut on top. Howe= ver I=20 saw once in an engineering journal that this is wrong, the top nut is t= he=20 one with the most strain (the bottom one being relieved by the pressure= of=20 the top one) and therefore the thicker one should be on top. Anyone any ideas? John David This is correct!=20 But I have only seen them used (in the bell industry) with the smaller nu= t on top!=20 I use a full size nyloc nut on top of a std plain nut, and this seems to = work very well. Matthew ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bellhistorians/ =20=20=20=20=20=20 b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: bellhistorians-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com =20=20=20=20=20=20 c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service= .=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01C53E78.15A2B6F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Yes I generally would put the lock nut on top of the standard nut ,if = you=20 put the standard nut on top theres always the chance of it coming of.
 
T Blyth
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Fro= m:=20 Mrthigby@aol= .com=20
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Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 8:00= =20 PM
Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Loc= k=20 Nuts

In a message dated 10/04/2005 16:14:01 GMT Standard Time, johnedavid@... writes:=
Lock=20 Nuts

These seem usually to be put together with the thinner nut = on=20 top. However I
saw once in an engineering journal that this is wron= g,=20 the top nut is the
one with the most strain (the bottom one being=20 relieved by the pressure of
the top one) and therefore the thicker = one=20 should be on top.

Anyone any ideas?

John=20 David
This is correct!
 
But I have only seen them used (in the bell industry) with the small= er=20 nut on top!
I use a full size nyloc nut on top of a std plain nut, and this seem= s to=20 work very well.
 
Matthew
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