- Posted by Vinyl_Junkie on April 23, 2001 at 09:03:34
In Reply to: The nuts won't start on the screw! posted by VoltSecond on April 22, 2001 at 15:25:32:
Thanks for all the advice, but I re-measured the exposed bolt and it is only 1/4" in length. When you add the shoulder washer and the lock washer, there is absolutely no room for a nut - trust me on this. Even when I follow everyone's input, I wouldn't be able to turn the nut even one revolution. I'm doing all this when the transformer isn't even on the plate ... the plate adds a little bit of additional thickness (even when the shoulder washers are properly seated) so installing the washers or the solder lug is out of the question. In theory, I could sand each of the shoulder washers to make them thinner, but that seems to counter intuitive.I'll call Bottlehead today and see what they can tell me ....
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- Re: There just isn't enough bolt to work ... johng 19:24:04 04/23/01
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- In Reply to: There just isn't enough bolt to work ... posted by Vinyl_Junkie on April 23, 2001 at 09:03:34:
Yep,
Same problem. I ended up sanding the shoulder washers, and it worked, but just barely. Anyway, mine have been up and running for months now, with no problems. Good luck.
- Re: There just isn't enough bolt to work ... boatshed 10:19:42 04/23/01
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- In Reply to: There just isn't enough bolt to work ... posted by Vinyl_Junkie on April 23, 2001 at 09:03:34:
i once had a similiar situation while rebuilding my VW bus engine, came to a place where the new oil pump was several millimeters deeper than the old one, i could just get the nuts to screw on the studs, and did not bother to replace the too short bolt studs with longer ones...it was a good engine for a couple thousand miles before all the oil got pumped out instead of thru....
- Yep...looks like you will need longer bolts for sure RBP 09:51:18 04/23/01
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- In Reply to: There just isn't enough bolt to work ... posted by Vinyl_Junkie on April 23, 2001 at 09:03:34:
Someone goofed somewhere at Hammond.
If you want to replace them yourself from a Hardware store, you will have to carefully get all the shellac (varnish) off the threads to unscrew the retaining nuts...a bit of a challenge.
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