'60s Thunderbird bridge nuts...

[lowend1]

Vaudeville ain't dead, Dave.

[uwe]

Who are you, Hitler?

That was Göring. Shot off during the march to the Feldherrenhalle during the failed 1923 coup.



Bad aim. They should have have shot Hitler's head rather than Hermann's ball. He remained fertile though.

[Dave W]

Bad aim. They should have have shot Hitler's head rather than Hermann's ball. He remained fertile though.

Sad news: Bruno Ganz died this past Friday. Someone is upset.

[uwe]

Yes, sadly so, he was a great actor - and not just in that Führer role that is probably the most quoted movie sequence ever.

[lowend1]

That was Göring. Shot off during the march to the Feldherrenhalle during the failed 1923 coup.



Bad aim. They should have have shot Hitler's head rather than Hermann's ball. He remained fertile though.

Shame on you, Uwe. Are you not aware of Hitler's missing/undescended testicle? The subject occupies almost a whole chapter of Robert G L White's book "The Psychopathic God - Adolf Hitler".
The WWII British Tommies even added a verse to the Colonel Bogey March:
Hitler has only got one ball
Goring has two, but very small
Himmler is very sim'lar
And Goebbels has no balls at all

Red Army pathologists found no evidence of a second nut (not even a roasted one) in their autopsy of Hitler's remains. In addition, GQ magazine reported on it thusly:
"In 1923, Hitler was examined by a prison doctor after his arrest following the failure of his first attempt to seize power in the Munich Beer Hall Putsch.
The records of that examination clearly show that Hitler had an undescended testicle on the right side, according to Prof Peter Fleischmann of Erlangen-Nuremberg University."

This concludes today's pubic service announcement.

[Bionic-Joe]

What is the external dimensions of the original nut, the wrench size? Would it be possible to find nuts with the correct exterior dimensions and drill and tap them for the bridge saddle screw threads?

Nope Nope Nope...it's NOT a Nylock Njut...Its a small white piece of plastic inside at the bottom of the hole to stop the 6/32" screw from going any further.  That is so Once the screw goes through the rear of the bridge, it then threads through the saddle and then back through the bridge, ending with the hex cap nut. you tighten the nut and if correct, you should be able to freely adjust the saddle back or forward. It's NOT a nylock with a Nylon washer along the thread. Its a tiny spacer as described. I will TRY to remove one of mine....they all have locktite on them

[uwe]

The records of that examination clearly show that Hitler had an undescended testicle on the right side, according to Prof Peter Fleischmann of Erlangen-Nuremberg University."

This concludes today's pubic service announcement.

Well if you calculate it that way, then I have no balls at all!  I can still pull'em up and have them descend, never thought much about it, until my urologist told me two years ago that "that is not quite the way it is supposed to be once you are an adult", adding helpfully: "but if it hasn't given you trouble until now, it won't anymore".  And before you ask: Yes, I have children, and, yes, they do look like they could be mine. But you know how wimmin are.

I sometimes have to dislocate them gently though: I'm pretty good at doing that - I habitually do roll call grips during the day and count to 2 - largely unnoticed even when wearing a business suit.

Anyway, my point being: You see that it's a German thing. 

[Denis]

Joe is correct, they are not nylok nuts. Maybe 50 years ago they made nuts like this for other uses but if anyone has found a manufacturer making them now we would already have a lifetime supply for our Thunderbirds.

The are more like a low profile hex cap nut with a rounded, almost flat top with a lip around it.

[Denis]

Side

[Denis]

Size

[the mojo hobo]

Wow. Obviously I didn't pay much attention to them when I had them. They did get lost after all.

[BTL]

Is there a compelling reason a #6-32 cap nut will not serve the same purpose?

Search for "extra low crown cap nut" or "extra low crown acorn nut".

I'm thinking you could flatten the end by putting it on a piece of threaded stock, chucking it in a drill, and spinning it against file.

That's probably what the machine shop will do, but with more professional tools.

[the mojo hobo]

But is 5/16" across the flats the correct spec?