i was told that the thicker nuts are better because they allow you to get a
better grip with a torque wrench and a more accurate reading
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
To: "'Triumphs'" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [TR] $#%$^%^!!!!
>> I used special new nuts from BF&E that were 50% thicker than
>> original.
>
> I got those same nuts from Ken. They look trick, but he later told me
> that
> a mechanical engineer had told him that they don't actually help any. I
> couldn't tell that they made any difference either.
>
> When you torque the nuts, the stud stretches slightly (hopefully in a
> non-permanent fashion, known as elastic deformation). This means that the
> bottom few threads of the nut wind up taking all of the load. Once the
> nut
> height has reached about the thickness of the stud/bolt, the rest of the
> nut
> (if any) is basically still loose on the threads.
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