[SEL] OT Strange bolt.

[Dave Rotigel]

Hi Rex,
         I'll be damned! a week or so ago I tried to screw a nut onto a 
bolt that was exactly as you describe. When it wouldn't go on I handed it 
to Arnie and said "Look at this mother hucker."

>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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