| To: | british-cars@hoosier.cs.utah.edu |
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| Subject: | Re: re- Whitworth and Triump |
| From: | "Jerry Kaidor" <jerry_kaidor@engtwomac.synoptics.com> |
| Date: | 23 Nov 92 12:12:17 U |
RE>re: Whitworth and Triumph
Scott Paisley writes:
"All the parts falling off this car are of the very finest British
manufacture" (probably due to a whitworth fastener failing... :-)
*** Ur, probably not. According to Carroll Smith, the Whitworth thread form
is very good, featuring nicely radiused thread roots and peaks. These
help to prevent stress concentrations that lead to fastener failure.
- Jerry
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