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Originally Posted by Swift Drift
While torquing my keel bolts to spec I had one nut that would continue to spin without reaching the appropriate torque.
Upon further investigation I found the threads towards the bottom of the bilge are not substantial enough for the nut to grab. It will start to grab and then jump the threads. Here is a pic of the length of the keel bolt:
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My plan of action is to add another nut which will be able to grab the upper threads and torque nicely. Effectively the bottom (1st) nut would act as a spacer/washer allowing the upper (2nd) nut to access quality threads.
Can anyone find fault in my reasoning?
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I realise I'm too late responding to this matter to be of any help; because I read the owner has seemingly resolved the problem by using a connector nut ... which I'm sure will
work just fine.
My comment is purely regarding what I observed in the original post
photo of the damaged stud. The damage certainly appears to be related to an
installation problem, such as an oversized nut, or maybe even a 'stretched' stud; although I don't understand how the latter could happen. Only the installer knows for sure and it's a little late to go back to
Catalina for answers on that.
As well, I see comments about "torque" on the second nut. I was taught the purpose of the second nut is that of a Jamb Nut, or locking device, to be 'snugged up' rather than torqued, after all, its primary purpose is simply to prevent rotation of the torqued primary nut. If torqued at all, it should be at a far less value than the primary retention nut.