[SEL] OT Strange bolt.

[Rex Hinz]

Hi Peter;

   All our Kenworths and Peterbilts have huck bolts holding the  frame.
suspension . spring hangers, and all the high stress chasis parts ,  most of
them are around 5/8" to 3/4 " dia.

Rex



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Listerdiesel" <listerdiesel at gmail.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] OT Strange bolt.


> 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
> -- 
> Peter A Forbes
> Email: listerdiesel at gmail.com
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