[SEL] OT Strange bolt.

[Rex Hinz]

BILL ;

  Someone may have mixed in a huck bolt , a huck bolt has only groves and
the nut of a huck bolt has no threads , it slids over the bolt while being
pulled to the right tourqe then the nut is compressed or squashed down till
it is mashed into the grooves of the bolt , most all trucks use this method
today , they look like a regular bolt otherwise, they are proabbly made at
the same factory as the regular bolts and may have got mixed , just a
thought

Rex Hinz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <BillMil357 at aol.com>
To: <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] OT Strange bolt.


> Hey Men, I was mounting a seat on a 1972 Cub Cadet Lawn tractor that I am
> restoring and a fellow gave me four 5/16 in. bolts to mount it , three of
the
> bolts were fine but the other one I could not get the nut started, checked
> closer and I could not see a taper of the threads on the end for a left
hand or
> right hand thread, I took one of the other bolts and put my thumb nail in
the
> second thread from the end and turned the bolt to the right and my nail
moved
>  right up toward the head of the bolt, I did the same thing to the other
bolt
> and  my nail never move, it stayed in the same place on the bolt, turning
it
> to the  right of the left, so this bolt just had grooves cut into it
straight
> around the bolt and not connected to the next groove, has anyone ever seen
> one  if so what in the world are they for, it would mesh right in one of
the
> other  bolts same amount of grooves per inch. In my 76 years on this earth
I have
> never  seen anything like it, someone give me some info. on this it bugs
me
> Ha Ha. I  bet you people thought I was gone but I browse on here every
day.
> Thanks,
> Bill Miller.
> Memphis, TN.
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