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Postby Oldman » Sun Dec 30, 2018 3:24 pm
Hi fellow hydrofoilers,
I would like to get spare t nuts for my board to mast connection.
would appreciate if you could point me to a site that ships internationally.
Thank you
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Postby grigorib » Sun Dec 30, 2018 8:32 pm
http://americankiteboarding.com have large selection of those. Just search from their page for T-nuts
I broke only one so far and it's good to have spares
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Postby TheJoe » Mon Dec 31, 2018 2:54 am
If you can not find them on the website just call them. My local shop they have every spare nut and screw type for foils.
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Postby Oldman » Wed Jan 02, 2019 12:59 am
Thank you for your replies.
Is there a difference between brass and stainless steel T-Nuts? What would be your preference?
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Postby BWD » Wed Jan 02, 2019 1:18 am
Stainless has potential drawbacks for t nuts in plastic slots:
1. Galling - friction weld between nut and screw if misthreaded. Big headache possibly requiring major board/foil surgery
2. Too strong - if overloaded in a crash (or otherwise), the stainless nut can blow through the plastic box slot. Brass is weaker and can deform ar smaller loads, theoretically at least.
3. Crevice corrosion - not saying it cant happen in brass/stainless connections, but i have personally only seen bolts fall apart in all stainless assemblies.
Last year I needed a spare footstrap and took it off a 20 year old windsurfer, stainless screw in a brass insert. Hadn’t moved in at least 10 years, was a little stiff but came apart with no damage, just a faint trace of corrosion/salt on the screw threads.
So I would probably use brass, even though stainless usually works great, especially with a little tef gel or trailer bearing grease.
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Postby Frank Rosin » Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:05 am
I got T-nuts in stock and can post almost anywhere.
Just drop me a PM or mail if need any and can't source them locally, which of course is always option number one.
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