[SEL] OT Strange bolt.

[Listerdiesel]

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 18:25:13 -0500 (EST), Arnie Fero
<fero_ah at city-net.com> wrote:
> Hi Rex,
> 
> Huh, never heard of those Huck bolts before.  They're like a Godzilla size
> pop-rivet!  There's quite a range of sizes & styles.  Thanks for
> "something new."
> 
> See ya,  Arnie
> 
> Arnie Fero
> Pittsburgh, PA
> fero_ah at city-net.com
> 
> On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Rex Hinz wrote:
> 
> >   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

Probably worth mentioning that they are used on bodywork mainly, not
normally for highly stressed chassis parts. The come with a special
air-operated tool to pull the shank through and snap it off.

One US suppliers here:

http://www.duncanbolt.com/Huck/huck.html

Peter
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