Tom:
My experience is that Cushcraft doesn't, or didn't, invest in the best
grade of stainless (SS) hardware. Inexpensive low grade SS will rust. Low
grade SS can be easly detected with the use of a magnet.
I wrote the company about this poor grade of rusted hardware and they
did
the worst customer service faux pas. They told me I was crazy and that
their product was sufficient.
Well, it was not.
A trip to a boat works I found replacement SS hardware
In a salt laden humid trades, I'm capable of detecting rusty, poor
grade SS
hardware!
Perhaps the new President S. Best will make corrections these kinds of
corporate "oversights"!
At 09:30 AM 7/2/98 EDT, TOMK5RC@aol.com wrote:
>
>In a message dated 7/1/98 11:21:02 PM Central Daylight Time, nw9g@netusa1.net
>writes:
>
>> Just came down from removing my 2 meter 10 element cushcraft yagi.
>> The U-bolts broke backing off the nuts. It sure made life at 100
>> f
>
>I used a couple of Cushcraft U bolts on my KT34A (stolen from my 2 meter
>beams). They also galled badly. One of the myths in our hobby is that
>stainless steel (300 series and 18-8) is the magic answer to everything.
>Unfortunately, Stainless has a bad habit of the threads deforming and
galling,
>especially if they get some aluminum shavings mixed in. The best defense
is to
>use Grade 8 cap bolts with appropriate clamping devices, such as Hy-Gain
boom-
>to-mast clamps. Fortunately, these days, better hardware stores are carrying
>grade 5 and grade 8 bolts that are zinc plated or galvanized.
>
>Tom, K5RC
>
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