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Will the tetras spin?

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15-01-2005, 22:22

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Re: Will the tetras spin?

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Originally Posted by jgannon

I think this was answered on the FIRST Q&A. The ends are going to be glued, so they shouldn't spin.

From the end caps to the pipes, probably no movement. But, we experienced that law knows as the weakest link, when we glued the caps to the pipes, and thus now the nuts and screws turn themselves loose inside the pipes..

Now what, should they make it a huge threaded rod from one end to the other to attach the clovers to the pipes now instead of a small screw and nut assembly?

Or, hey.. What about using Loc-tite on the nuts.. Maybe that would work. Then it may still twist, but not unthread itself??

I'm not sure.

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