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03-14-2016, 12:25 AM
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Groovy threads...
Can somebody tell me why the groove is cut down the middle of the threads. I've seen it before and was just curious...
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03-14-2016, 12:59 AM
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Re: Groovy threads...
I would assume it would be used as some form of a lock type but not 100% sure. Hopefully someone else will chime in.
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03-14-2016, 02:53 AM
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Re: Groovy threads...
home made thread chaser
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03-14-2016, 04:57 AM
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Re: Groovy threads...
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03-14-2016, 06:26 AM
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Re: Groovy threads...
I wonder if that groove has locktite (or some other locking type plastic) in it before it is installed?
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03-14-2016, 06:29 AM
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Re: Groovy threads...
Sorry treveiger I read your post but it didn't sink in (its early).
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03-14-2016, 06:36 AM
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Re: Groovy threads...
Early? no, it's late!! hehe
Come to think of it, when I first came across one of these I thought the threads were chewed up because I could scrape out what was in the groove, albeit not too easily. Probably Locktite as you guys mentioned.
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03-14-2016, 09:30 AM
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Re: Groovy threads...
The groove holds a plastic strip that acts as a thread locker. the bolts for the PTO covers & the top cover have them on some 465's.
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03-14-2016, 10:09 AM
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Re: Groovy threads...
Thanks B.W., appreciate the info.!
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03-14-2016, 11:17 AM
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Re: Groovy threads...
That's great to learn. Thanks for the contribution.
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03-14-2016, 12:18 PM
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Re: Groovy threads...
I came across a prevailing torque nut at the parts store yesterday and thought the name of it was interesting, but no time to look into it. Of course I had no idea it was related my question when posted here... but what do you know...
The bolt in my picture at the beginning of this thread is a - Prevailing Torque Type Fastener - you can read about them about 1/4 of the way down the page HERE. In brief... Material additive fasteners work by wedging the fastener into close proximity with the mating thread, causing a metal-to-metal drag in the circumferential direction directly opposite to the material locking device. The material used to produce the wedge customarily is an engineered plastic.
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03-14-2016, 12:19 PM
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Re: Groovy threads...
So to work properly as originally intended, since they no longer have the plastic insert, you'd need new bolts, right? I thought these were metal to metal, like the metal version of a nylock nut.
Thread locker and luck are probably sufficient, I mean in theory, to be "like new".
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