[RE-wrenches] Broken bolt

[Jerry Shafer]

Ron
It almost looks like the bolt to stud is off center as it might be gauling
causing pre-mature torq on the stud that can lead to failure, try grease
paste on the threads next time, it might help.
Jerry

On Tue, Oct 2, 2018, 1:14 AM Ron Young <solareagle at solareagle.com> wrote:

> Anyone seen this before, the bolt on a shunt inside a Magnum inverter
> snapped right off, other half inside the shunt. I was tightening it but I
> don’t believe excessively. It appears to be crystallized. Magnum is
> replacing the shunt but it’s my good luck that the job is 5 hours into a
> remote backwater along a punishing road.
>
>
> Ron Young
> earthRight Solar - Solareagle.com
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