[sdiy] can shipping cause nuts to cross thread??

[Dan Snazelle]

Thanks.....

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On Apr 1, 2011, at 11:38 AM, "Needham, Alan" <Alan.Needham at centrica.com> wrote:

> | has anyone ever had a case where you put a nut on DC jack or other
> similar
> | jack , and after shipping, the nut became cross threaded? could this
> | happen in shipping?
> 
> Is it possible that some sort of jarring in transit has partly torn said
> threads?
> I am thinking of something like forcing a plastic bodied socket sideways
> and partly tearing it out of its mating locknut?
> Or could the same locknut have been over-tightened to the point that it
> was about to skip a thread, thermal or other transit-related stresses
> finishing the job?
> 
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