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Re: A bad thread
At 21:39 11/25/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I was just bolting on a new set of rims this weekend and on one of my
>rear hubs, the threads in one hold decided to just give up. Before I
>could even torque the nut the threads just fell out! Any of you guys
>have this happen?
>
>Jim
Somebody overtorqued that nut, and it stripped out. Not uncommon...
Chuck Kuecker
ckuecker@mcs.net
'83 Scirocco (Katy's car now)
'58 Ghia Convert
'75 Bug
'67 Bug
'63 Bug (*still* for sale)
'91 Vanagon
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