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

[luther rochester]

On 4/1/2011 5:33 PM, Ian Fritz wrote:
> At 04:28 PM 4/1/2011, Paul Perry wrote:
>> A plastic nut could do this.
>> A sudden jolt could pull the nut along the thread, and viola!
>
> Oh come now! A little nut doesn't have any inertia. Besides, it would
> need to be grabbed and twisted to x-thread it.


If the jack was attached to a pcb with some mass and screwed up against 
a panel, I could see a good jar knocking a plastic nut off kilter like 
Paul describes. Or the jack could get smashed against the side of the 
box, pushing it in towards the panel.

I think Myth Busters need to spend some time with this one.
-- 
./luther