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Re:Self-tightening nut that provides tight fastening with a ... by bronson on Monday November 10, 2014 @12:56PM (#8585058)
Nope! There's no way any climbing gym would rebuild its walls to be full of expensive proprietary nuts. If they cared, they could use loctite or lock washers.

It seems there's very little money in fixing spun holds.

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Re:Self-tightening nut that provides tight fastening with a ... by blhack on Monday November 10, 2014 @01:10PM (#8585138)
Climbing gyms change their "routes" pretty frequently, so I don't think they would use locktite.
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Re:Self-tightening nut that provides tight fastening with a ... by bronson on Monday November 10, 2014 @01:19PM (#8585200)
Why? Loctite Blue is meant to be disassembled and reassembled: http://www.loctiteproducts.com/p/t_lkr_blue/overview/Loctite...

Gyms clearly don't use loctite, but I think it's just because the problem doesn't warrant the slight increase in mess and hassle.

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Re:Self-tightening nut that provides tight fastening with a ... by blhack on Monday November 10, 2014 @03:27PM (#8586101)
Ah, okay. I thought locktite was only a "mostly permanent" adhesive. Thanks for the info!
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Re:Self-tightening nut that provides tight fastening with a ... by DanBC on Monday November 10, 2014 @01:17PM (#8585186)
You get different grades of Loctite. Climbing walls don't get that much vibration but a thread-locking product would provide some reassurance.
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