How much cheaper is it to buy nuts and bolts by the pound?
网页You do not really need to buy a pound of the item to determine the cost per pound. From the weight of a single item, you can figure out home many there are to a pound. Then from the price per item and the price per weight, you can figure out which is a better buy. The nice thing is people have already weighed a lot of items.
When bolting down a porcelain toilet, how tight is "too tight"?
网页Sit on the toilet backwards (facing the tank - so you can see and reach the nuts) to squish the ring in place sealing the toilet to the flange on the floor. Tighten the nuts on the closet bolts (that attach to the flange) such that the toilet is flat on the floor without rocking. Tighten it down a bit on one side then the other, then do it again.
Tool for tightening an anchor bolt - Home Improvement Stack …
网页2015年9月8日 · Use a deep well socket and ratcheting set. Given that this is a 10mm nut, you don't want too much torque. Assuming you don't crush the surface you are tightening to and have a sufficient washer, you need to be concerned with torquing the bolt
How do I achieve required torque when using an impact driver?
网页This is why I use an air powered driver to put on and remove the lug nuts on my tractor (and my car) - it can budge the nuts that my drill would fail to move. However, if I needed to tighten a nut that required careful tolerances on the torque, I would always use a hand tool that is designed to yield a specified amount of torque.
If metal expands when heated, how does heating a bolt loosen it?
网页2016年5月11日 · Put a penny in a door jamb and close it. The door will be almost impossible to open, because friction will hold it in place. The flexing of the rest of the door will prevent it from moving. A rusted bolt is essentially the same principle - many small bonds formed on the threads of the bolts by oxidized metal prevent it from turning.
What exactly is pitch in terms of nuts and bolts?
网页2016年1月11日 · The pitch is how steep the threads are. On US nuts and bolts, they are measured according to the number of threads per inch. So a pitch of 20 would have 20 threads per inch. For metric nuts and bolts, it's measured in mm per thread, so a 1.50 pitch will be a thread every 1.5 mm.
How to tighten a carriage bolt? - Home Improvement Stack …
网页2017年4月13日 · The idea with carriage bolts is that you pound them in with a hammer so that the square part under the head of the bolt is forced down into the tight hole in the wood. This provides the hold to a) keep the bolt in place during assembly and b) to keep the bolt from turning while using a wrench or socket to tighten the nut from the end of the bolt.
Torque delivered by a hand ratchet with 1/2" socket
网页2020年2月7日 · I had to torque wheel bearing nuts to 150 ft/lb, then add 1/2 a turn. With a 6' piece of pipe over the 25" breaker bar, my 12yo son easily added two 1/4 turns to get the job done. With a 6' piece of pipe over the 25" breaker bar, my 12yo son easily added two 1/4 turns to get the job done.
How can I get a bolt with no head out of my wall?
网页2021年4月1日 · Trick #4 - Use two nuts. This one only sometimes works but can be handy if your set of tools is limited. Tools required: Two standard hex nuts that fit on the bolt. They don't necessarily need to be hex nuts, just two things with flat sides and threads; like maybe a hex nut and a wing nut or a t-nut, etc.
What kind of blow torch to use for a stuck bolt
网页2015年5月27日 · The other problem with a breaker bar is that you can quickly get to the point where you end up breaking stuff besides the grip of the nut on the bolt.