Picking Up Hawk...Advice On Delivery?

[Lighthawk]

I know one side is left hand. I think they are a standard 3/8 nut. I think all I have is the standard thread on mine. I have only one jam nut per turnbuckle I think. Mine has never loosened up since then.

Exactly right. Get a nylock wingnut for the standard right hand thread (righty-tighty . . . ) and that will freeze rotation on the turnbuckle. I wear nitrile gloves when reaching through the access ports to give me a good grip, then give another half turn using a lever, jammed in the turnbuckle body. After I've tensioned the turnbuckle, I cinch the nylock wingnut tight with finger pressure. I still check them from time to time to be sure.

 

[ski3pin]

Exactly right. Get a nylock wingnut for the standard right hand thread (righty-tighty . . . ) and that will freeze rotation on the turnbuckle. I wear nitrile gloves when reaching through the access ports to give me a good grip, then give another half turn using a lever, jammed in the turnbuckle body. After I've tensioned the turnbuckle, I cinch the nylock wingnut tight with finger pressure. I still check them from time to time to be sure.

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3/8 x 16 right hand thread