Re: bolts and nuts

[bearbvd@domain.elided (Greg Hermann)]

At 2:48 AM 12/29/02, Ron Ewing wrote:
>    Alfa is a little odd in that the studs they use for the bellhousing and
>manifolds are 8 mm, with the end that threads into the block 1.25 pitch, and
>the exposed end with a 1 mm pitch.  HTH, Ron.

That's not odd at all--

Standard (good) design practice with studs installed in castings is to use
a course pitch thread on the end in the casting and a fine pitch thread on
the end meant to accept a nut.

This becomes emphatically true when dealing with a light alloy casting.

Greg
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