S&S nut (FLUFF!)

[Ron Torrella]

On Thu, 19 Jan 1995 Yardbird47@aol.com wrote:

> How about a hose clamp? I only just now thouight of it, and haven't tried it.
> I was down to grabbing the cap nut with a pair of needle-nose vise grips, at
> the waist where it wouldn't be visible. Whenever I tried to put cow hide
> between the jaws and the nut, the serration of the jaws just bit through the
> hide. (Leather doesn't have much friction and needs a certain amount of
> pressure.)

I quite agree.  I've given up on the futile use of leather (except in
some other cases....but we aren't discussing that kind of thing here.).
:-)  After knarling up a nut *once*, I gave up on that.

> The slots in the hose clamp band would get a slight bite into the nut, and
> the pinion bolt assembly would give you plenty to grab on with.
> Try it but don't sue me....

My wife, the attorney in the family, said that such a suit would be
thrown out under Chapter 11 (frivilous...).  BUT!
I did manage to get the nut off this time without damaging it *in any way!*

Aren't you just dying to know how!?


Ron Torrella                  "Dese are de conditions dat prevail."
School of Music                           --Jimmy Durante
University of Illinois