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keel bolts nuts
I am wanting to cut off old badly rusted keel bolt nuts- the spec's say that
the bolts were cast iron and the nuts galve do you think stainless steel nuts would react with cast iron bolts? |
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keel bolts nuts
marklan wrote:
I am wanting to cut off old badly rusted keel bolt nuts- the spec's say that the bolts were cast iron and the nuts galve do you think stainless steel nuts would react with cast iron bolts? Stainless in contact with ordinary iron or steel is a classic example for accelerated electrolytic corrosion. The stainless will be just fine itself, but if your bilge isn't kept very dry, the thread on the bolts can vanish faster than your wallet empties in a chandler at refit time :-) -- Ian Malcolm. London, ENGLAND. (NEWSGROUP REPLY PREFERRED) ianm[at]the[dash]malcolms[dot]freeserve[dot]co[dot]uk [at]=@, [dash]=- & [dot]=. *Warning* SPAM TRAP set in header, Use email address in sig. if you must. 'Stingo' Albacore #1554 - 15' Uffa Fox designed, All varnished hot moulded wooden racing dinghy circa. 1961 |
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