paul said:You are wrong Alex. They look live a "normal" nut but they are the ends of a threaded sleeve which creates the gap for the side plates.
pwhole said:I had my Kong Banana's lower nut come undone halfway down Maskhill last year, just getting onto a rebelay. Luckily I spotted it in time before it fell off and was able to tighten it up with the 13mm spanner I usually carry. A few weeks ago someone else noticed the same nut was loose as I was about to go underground. Now I check it every trip!
Leclused said:paul said:You are wrong Alex. They look live a "normal" nut but they are the ends of a threaded sleeve which creates the gap for the side plates.
Take a look at the tech pdf of the simple. There you'll see that is is not a normal bolt Page 2
file:///C:/Users/leclused01/AppData/Local/Packages/Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe/TempState/Downloads/technical-notice-SIMPLE-2.pdf
paul said:Leclused said:paul said:You are wrong Alex. They look live a "normal" nut but they are the ends of a threaded sleeve which creates the gap for the side plates.
Take a look at the tech pdf of the simple. There you'll see that is is not a normal bolt Page 2
file:///C:/Users/leclused01/AppData/Local/Packages/Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe/TempState/Downloads/technical-notice-SIMPLE-2.pdf
That's pointing at a file on you hard drive, you want https://www.petzl.com/sfc/servlet.shepherd/version/download/0681r00000BAtylAAD for the web URI.
andrewmc said:That is apparently a problem with the Kong Banana - unlike Petzl who do a long threaded sleeve (much safer as it won't fall off as easily), the Kong Banana either isn't threaded along the length or just has a bolt put on (can't remember which) and the threads mashed a bit by them hitting the end of the bolt (or something like that).