What do you wish you knew about solar before making the decision

[wannabegreener]

Great thread. Love this kind of info.

[peakbagger]

Stainless thread galling is an odd phenomena, its almost always due to poor threads, either out of the box or damaged when it is run in. If I run the nuts on by hand I can usually feel it and catch it before the thread locks, Never Seize normally keeps the threads from locking even is the threads are galled but if I feel that somethings not right I chuck the fastener.

[Living Large]

Great thread. Love this kind of info.

This is the sleeper kind of thread that pops up here, where something completely different pops up - that many people can relate to. And the reply feature is working today. Double treat.

[J.P.M.]

Stainless thread galling is an odd phenomena, its almost always due to poor threads, either out of the box or damaged when it is run in. If I run the nuts on by hand I can usually feel it and catch it before the thread locks, Never Seize normally keeps the threads from locking even is the threads are galled but if I feel that somethings not right I chuck the fastener.

Thread galling can be due to many things, including, for example, such obscure things as the tightening speed. Or, knowing that cut threads can often gall easier than rolled threads. the sharper edges heat up faster and then "cold weld" easier. Lots of other reasons. Again, Google is your friend.