Paul Calman

I've come across other vehicles with crossthreaded bolts on
> safety equipment you're not really supposed to be able to remove easily.

Cross-threading is not a valid manufacturing technique. It is more likelky
that you are encountering a permanent "Engineeering Lock-Tite" (use heat),
or a mechanical type of thread lock.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California

Earle Horton

"Paul Calman" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
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>
> I've come across other vehicles with crossthreaded bolts on
> > safety equipment you're not really supposed to be able to remove
> > easily.
>
> Cross-threading is not a valid manufacturing technique. It is more
> likelky that you are encountering a permanent "Engineeering
> Lock-Tite" (use heat),
> or a mechanical type of thread lock.
> --
Or inadvertent cross threading. ;o)

Earle

Earle Horton

"Paul Calman" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
news:bp8cjm$1l5cur$1@ID-87669.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
> I've come across other vehicles with crossthreaded bolts on
> > safety equipment you're not really supposed to be able to remove
> > easily.
>
> Cross-threading is not a valid manufacturing technique. It is more
> likelky that you are encountering a permanent "Engineeering
> Lock-Tite" (use heat),
> or a mechanical type of thread lock.
> --
Or inadvertent cross threading. ;o)

Earle

Earle Horton

"Paul Calman" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
news:bp8cjm$1l5cur$1@ID-87669.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
> I've come across other vehicles with crossthreaded bolts on
> > safety equipment you're not really supposed to be able to remove
> > easily.
>
> Cross-threading is not a valid manufacturing technique. It is more
> likelky that you are encountering a permanent "Engineeering
> Lock-Tite" (use heat),
> or a mechanical type of thread lock.
> --
Or inadvertent cross threading. ;o)

Earle

twaldron

Yep, my Rubicon came with a factory crossthreaded spare tire bracket
bolt. Couldn't have been happier.

Earle Horton wrote:

> "Paul Calman" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
> news:bp8cjm$1l5cur$1@ID-87669.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
>>I've come across other vehicles with crossthreaded bolts on
>>
>>>safety equipment you're not really supposed to be able to remove
>>>easily.
>>
>>Cross-threading is not a valid manufacturing technique. It is more
>>likelky that you are encountering a permanent "Engineeering
>>Lock-Tite" (use heat),
>>or a mechanical type of thread lock.
>>--
>
> Or inadvertent cross threading. ;o)
>
> Earle
>
>

--
__________________________________________________ _________
tw
03 TJ Rubicon
01 XJ Sport

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940

Etymology: probably from g. p. (abbreviation of general purpose)
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.

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twaldron

Yep, my Rubicon came with a factory crossthreaded spare tire bracket
bolt. Couldn't have been happier.

Earle Horton wrote:

> "Paul Calman" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
> news:bp8cjm$1l5cur$1@ID-87669.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
>>I've come across other vehicles with crossthreaded bolts on
>>
>>>safety equipment you're not really supposed to be able to remove
>>>easily.
>>
>>Cross-threading is not a valid manufacturing technique. It is more
>>likelky that you are encountering a permanent "Engineeering
>>Lock-Tite" (use heat),
>>or a mechanical type of thread lock.
>>--
>
> Or inadvertent cross threading. ;o)
>
> Earle
>
>

--
__________________________________________________ _________
tw
03 TJ Rubicon
01 XJ Sport

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940

Etymology: probably from g. p. (abbreviation of general purpose)
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.

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twaldron

Yep, my Rubicon came with a factory crossthreaded spare tire bracket
bolt. Couldn't have been happier.

Earle Horton wrote:

> "Paul Calman" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
> news:bp8cjm$1l5cur$1@ID-87669.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
>>I've come across other vehicles with crossthreaded bolts on
>>
>>>safety equipment you're not really supposed to be able to remove
>>>easily.
>>
>>Cross-threading is not a valid manufacturing technique. It is more
>>likelky that you are encountering a permanent "Engineeering
>>Lock-Tite" (use heat),
>>or a mechanical type of thread lock.
>>--
>
> Or inadvertent cross threading. ;o)
>
> Earle
>
>

--
__________________________________________________ _________
tw
03 TJ Rubicon
01 XJ Sport

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940

Etymology: probably from g. p. (abbreviation of general purpose)
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.

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