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Old 18-10-2012, 22:33   #16
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Re: Can Anyone Tell me the Technical Name for This Weird Nut N Bolt Thingy

excal: you can get these in stainless (and chromed bronze, if memory serves) from Southco, under the "Dzus" name.
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Ah, yes - that's a name I was trying to remember as well...
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Ah, yes - that's a name I was trying to remember as well...
Invented by a Ukranian William Dzus.
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Yes dzus surprisingly strong, used them on my race bikes.After a crash the body is blown apart but the fasteners still locked.
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It's not just the opposite side of the planet down here, in many ways it is a different universe.

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Dont the threads down there turn the opposite direction? .... can you find those with the Aussy threads?
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