EMILY COWEN wrote:
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> Hi Ray Wygonik!!
>
> On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, RAY WYGONIK wrote:
>
> > Also, what is the difference between a flat and a turn?
>
> Ray, a HEX-HEAD nut, or bolt, has six flat sides, hence six flats to
> go full circle (one turn). One turn is a coarse adjustment, while one
> flat, or 1/2 flat is a fine adjustment.
>
> TTUL8r, Kirk Cowen
Don't you think that perhaps Lord Nuffield should have insisted that all nuts
on MGs
were to have been OCTAGONAL instead of HEXAGONAL? Think how much finer the
adjustment
on the jet nut could have been in that case!
Geoff Love.
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