Nuts and bolts

[AHPP]

1 hour ago, doobin said:

M24 is the perfect size to add a couple of gym weights as counterweights on your Skidster. Use the existing holes at the sides on the back. 

I don’t recall seeing any holes there but I have a cutting torch that is still novel. 

[Bunzena]

16 hours ago, AHPP said:

The best thing is that I get to use one of my comedy sized spanners (36mm). I have a 50mm one in the van, about two feet long, that I keep there to kill highwaymen. It owes me quite a lot in diesel at this point.

 

[Stubby]

20 hours ago, AHPP said:

Just spreading a bit of good news. In a world of disappointment as standard, I'm pleased to report that I've found a really useful website for buying nuts, bolts, washers etc. Nice drawings, sizes of everything etc. Easy visual browsing for finding something slightly unusual for a particular purpose. Good paperwork and packaging and sent DPD next day (one of the least awful couriers in my experience).

 

https://www.accu.co.uk/

 

As a B side to this thread, since I'm on the topic, what's the best way of taking the nyloc insert out of a nyloc nut so you have a plain nut? I just burned one out with a map gas torch but that's a bit of a dirty way to do it. It wouldn't easily pop out with a screwdriver. Just chipped bits off it.

Re the nyloc nut . Just put a tap through . Preferably the plug tap as its the full thread .

[dan blocker]

4 hours ago, Bunzena said:

 

BRILLIANT 😂👍

[Dan Maynard]

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

Re the nyloc nut . Just put a tap through . Preferably the plug tap as its the full thread .

M24 ? Cheaper to buy more nuts without the nylon.

[GarethM]

6 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

M24 ? Cheaper to buy more nuts without the nylon.

£1.90 each of Amazon, not sure what they robbed if off at the price!.

[kram]

23 hours ago, AHPP said:

what's the best way of taking the nyloc insert out of a nyloc nut so you have a plain nut?

A lathe is the best option. Buy a lathe.

 

Second best option is grind it off with a 40 grit flap disc.

 

3rd best is if your welding the nut anyway, welding heat will have it fall out.

 

What are you needing m24 size nuts for?

[sime42]

3 hours ago, Stubby said:

Re the nyloc nut . Just put a tap through . Preferably the plug tap as its the full thread .

 

Are you sure that'll work though? I've a feeling that the nylon would be too soft to remove sufficient of it to allow the bolt  to run freely in the nut thread. 

 

 

[AHPP]

1 hour ago, kram said:

A lathe is the best option. Buy a lathe.

On the list!

[GarethM]

4 minutes ago, sime42 said:

 

Are you sure that'll work though? I've a feeling that the nylon would be too soft to remove sufficient of it to allow the bolt  to run freely in the nut thread. 

He's not saying to remove it, once you've cut a thread into it and undone it.

 

The locking effect of the nylon is in effect used up and just becomes a nut.