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Octagonal Nuts: Up Yours, BL.
Posted: 26 Jul 2010 04:33
by Gubi
So when I complete my time machine, first stop is to find the guy who decided to use octagonal nuts to hold the wiper linkage in place. I will beat him with a torque wrench. Not only do the nuts ensure that you won't have any sort of a proper tool to remove them, but they also pretty much guarantee you're going to mangle them during removal.
I swear, it's crap like this that let the Japanese eat Triumph's lunch.
Next stop after that is to find the Italian guy who did the circuit design on the Alfa 75. After that I'm open to requests.
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Tom
'79 TR7
'87 Alfa 75
'91 Alfa Spider
Posted: 26 Jul 2010 04:43
by Odd
I think you'll find him in Abingdon...
He was on the MG staff - they're used to octagonals all over the car,
so this was second nature to him... [:D]
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Posted: 26 Jul 2010 05:06
by PeterTR7V8
I've always found that a crescent wrench works well on those nuts.
It's the accounts department that I would target. Behind most stupid design decisions you will find a bean counter.
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http://tinyurl.com/wedgemap . The blog:
http://www.forum.triumphtr7.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8548
Posted: 26 Jul 2010 08:51
by Cobber
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Gubi</i>
So when I complete my time machine, first stop is to find the guy who decided to use octagonal nuts to hold the wiper linkage in place. I will beat him with a torque wrench. Not only do the nuts ensure that you won't have any sort of a proper tool to remove them, but they also pretty much guarantee you're going to mangle them during removal.
I swear, it's crap like this that let the Japanese eat Triumph's lunch.
Next stop after that is to find the Italian guy who did the circuit design on the Alfa 75. After that I'm open to requests.
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<font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="2"> Those damned nuts are on the wipers of a lot of pommy cars, they corrode nicely on the threads and seize up solid don't they [:D]
And yes I know what you mean about the Alfa wiring, I've got a Alfa 90 (Not sold in the US) it's more luxurious than the 75 so it has even more electrical stuff so even more wiring! [:0] </font id="size2"></font id="Comic Sans MS">
80'Triumph TR7, , 73'Land Rover (Ford 351. V8),
'89 Ford Fairlane
85'Alfa 90, 69'Ford F250.
76' Ford F100
Posted: 26 Jul 2010 17:34
by windy one
I learned long ago how tricky these are to remove. So before I even put a wrench on em I soak the threads with a product called PB-Blaster, penitrating oil. Then if they are still stubborn, I apply a lil heat with a heat-gun. Works for me everytime.
Then before re-install, I coat the threads with Never-Seize and never over tighten [:D]
Johnny
Posted: 26 Jul 2010 17:46
by Gubi
PB Blaster is the best penetrant I've found. I'm using it on the nuts every day for a few days, hopefully that'll do the trick.
Alfa 90. Electronic instrument cluster with Italian circuitry. Yeah, nothing's ever going to go wrong with that [:D] Do you have the official briefcase that goes in the slot in the dash?
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Tom
'79 TR7
'87 Alfa 75
'91 Alfa Spider
Posted: 27 Jul 2010 08:16
by Cobber
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Gubi</i>
Alfa 90. Electronic instrument cluster with Italian circuitry. Yeah, nothing's ever going to go wrong with that [:D] Do you have the official briefcase that goes in the slot in the dash?
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<font size="2"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Yeah I've got three of 'em, as I wrecked the 2 other 90s I had </font id="Comic Sans MS"></font id="size2">
80'Triumph TR7, , 73'Land Rover (Ford 351. V8),
'89 Ford Fairlane
85'Alfa 90, 69'Ford F250.
76' Ford F100