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Thread: K1000 nut plate locking feature wear

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    Quote Originally Posted by cwilliamrose View Post
    Then there are people like me who, after more than a few experiences with stainless screws galling in a K1000 nutplate, take a tap to any nutplate used with stainless screws to remove the friction. In the case of screws holding non-structural sheet metal panels I'd rather replace a few lost screws a year than deal with a single screw galled in place. Nutplates used in other areas are a different story, for those being used as described above I'd say the less friction there is the better I like it.
    That defeats the purpose of the self locking feature. Do all you builders have limp wrists?

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    Say what??

    The self-locking feature is not a requirement and in fact does not exist in the sheet metal screws the machine screws are often replacing.
    Last edited by cwilliamrose; 09-04-2018 at 05:09 PM.

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