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ive just had some advice from a family friend who does this legal stuff and he’s advised against doing it as it can still come back to me so thanks everyone for the advice but it’s not worth the risk for me as you never know what’s going to happen
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As said surely if you're manufacturing parts to spec for a customer then liability falls to them?
Be like buying a bolt using it way past capacity and trying to claim?
Be like buying a bolt using it way past capacity and trying to claim?
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Really don’t see any issues in them personally. It’s a big nut that will be locked up with 2 smaller nuts. It ain’t bending before the original track rod does. Not a chance. If the threads are cut properly they ain’t stripping and they ain’t under no pressure anyway because the lock nuts will keep it all nicely nipped up. Stainless on steel or steel on steel if the threads are not put together with a lubricant like copper grease they will corrode but the difference is the nut itself won’t so you’ll stand less chance of rounding them in a years time when you come to put a spanner on them. Stainless nuts will cause no harm in that application if made and put together properly.
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I have to go with the experts advice as if anything goes wrong I can get the blame which is opening a can of worms if I had insurance there wouldn't be as much of a problem as I wouldn't end up out of pocket
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Im not sure how you can get the blame?
If youd of been asked to design and manufacture and item for said job then yes. But you're just making something to someone's specifications for an application unknown to you.
If youd of been asked to design and manufacture and item for said job then yes. But you're just making something to someone's specifications for an application unknown to you.
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I was messaged by someone telling me to get legal advice and I have by a expert he has advised me not to do it as it could still end up coming back to me if anything happened I can't risk that if it was just for personal use I wouldn't have been so cautious but as they are being sold I'm going to listen to the advice I was given
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stainless is a pest on fine threads mixed with steel, horrible stuff. If @Hood pops in he may have input
I was always taught that stainless nuts and bolts shouldn't be used together but using stainless and steel together was OK.
Six pages of posts about one of the simplest turning jobs possible, is this a record? Then it doesn't get done anyway.
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Ah, misread that post. I usually don't have a mix of steel/stainless as it disgusts me 
Where I will use steel is when I am welding a stainless nut and need a bolt to hold it in place whilst I weld. If you use a stainless bolt to hold it in place then often you won't get the bolt back out as it galls, with steel there is never usually a problem.
For stainless to stainless fasteners I use an Aluminium AntiSeize paste, always worked well for me in the marine environment.
Where I will use steel is when I am welding a stainless nut and need a bolt to hold it in place whilst I weld. If you use a stainless bolt to hold it in place then often you won't get the bolt back out as it galls, with steel there is never usually a problem.For stainless to stainless fasteners I use an Aluminium AntiSeize paste, always worked well for me in the marine environment.
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This is the stuff I have used for years and find it much better at preventing galling than coppaslip.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/REVOL-50...h=item282a9ee1b4:g:5cUAAOSwDk5T0Zza:rk:1:pf:0
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/REVOL-50...h=item282a9ee1b4:g:5cUAAOSwDk5T0Zza:rk:1:pf:0
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not to cut but galling
why did you add another post?I was always taught that stainless nuts and bolts shouldn't be used together but using stainless and steel together was OK.
Six pages of posts about one of the simplest turning jobs possible, is this a record? Then it doesn't get done anyway.
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Oh and BTW, if you ever feel a stainless nut or bolt starting to get tight when undoing it STOP and put some thin oil on it and then proceed slowly. 99% of the time it will come out as long as you stopped before you galled it badly.
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If it's one of the simplest you do it for him I've had advice not to do it without insurance so I'm notI was always taught that stainless nuts and bolts shouldn't be used together but using stainless and steel together was OK.
Six pages of posts about one of the simplest turning jobs possible, is this a record? Then it doesn't get done anyway.
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good stuff i have a tin of that
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Not disputing it can gall and make a mess of the threads
I’ve done it lots of times myself steel and stainless threads and like I say it’s absolutely fine if you apply something like a compound properly to the threads upon building. I’ve done this so many times and it’s always been fine. Steel and aluminium can also be a right pig for seizing up and destroying the soft threads. But you can do it absolutely problem free if you again apply to the threads with the right gear.
No matter what that adjuster nut is made of you wouldn’t fit it to the rod without a copper grease type stuff anyway. Even steel on steel 6 months down the line you’d be getting the gas axe out to get it glowing if you fitted that dry. Which nobody wants to do especially around steering boots and flexible brake pipes. He’s not doing it now anyway but like I said I don’t foresee an issue if made and fitted properly.
I’m gonna try some of that stuff hood linked too myself I think. Looks good gear.
I’ve done it lots of times myself steel and stainless threads and like I say it’s absolutely fine if you apply something like a compound properly to the threads upon building. I’ve done this so many times and it’s always been fine. Steel and aluminium can also be a right pig for seizing up and destroying the soft threads. But you can do it absolutely problem free if you again apply to the threads with the right gear.
No matter what that adjuster nut is made of you wouldn’t fit it to the rod without a copper grease type stuff anyway. Even steel on steel 6 months down the line you’d be getting the gas axe out to get it glowing if you fitted that dry. Which nobody wants to do especially around steering boots and flexible brake pipes. He’s not doing it now anyway but like I said I don’t foresee an issue if made and fitted properly.
I’m gonna try some of that stuff hood linked too myself I think. Looks good gear.
