> A friend that saw the Easter Island Circumnavigation > ......... > Nigel said that their boats started coming loose in > horrendous seas because they forgot to put locktite on > the bolts and nuts >....... > When I put my sectionalized Aleut Sea II together I use > lock nuts and I have had no problems. You must be sure > that you tighten the bolts and nuts completely. I always use nylock nuts for all fittings around a kayak, including holding on sections of hull. For those with glass boats, nylock nuts will allow tightening to a reasonable tension without crushing yet still not come loose. For those who don't know a nylock nut - the top of the nut had a captive ring of nylon that grips the thread of the bolt. Alex -- ---------------------------------------------------- Alex Ferguson a.ferguson_at_chem.canterbury.ac.nz Electronics Workshop, Chem Dept, Univ of Canterbury Christchurch, New Zealand *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Mar 21 1999 - 13:13:36 PST
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