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dpb wrote:
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I don't know Hugh, but actually on the threads it does make some sense
to keep out moisture and minimize corrosion w/ time. The friction is on
the nut surface.


Hmmm. Interesting, never thought of it.

But presumably there's also a LOT of friction between the THREADS
and the grooves (what's the technical name for them?) -- not that
I know anything, but just from the feel of tightening a nut, that
that's what the tightening is doing, squeezing the threads (male, or
is my groove-vs-thread vocab totally wrong?) TIGHTLY TIGHTLY
**TIGHTLY** against the sides of the grooves (female?), SO tightly
as to result in LOTS of friction (ie, LOTS of force NEEDED to
OVERCOME that friction)?

Can someone restate this (if basically correct) more intelligently
and with the proper technical vocabulary?

THANKS!

David





I'd suggest actually the nonlocking high-temp Loctite
for the particular application.

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