Carlo Carr wrote in CR #1209:
Are wingnuts appropriate for track nuts? Isn't there a serious reason to
not
> do this? I cannot recall what it might be. Could be some sort of CPSU
> admonition. I seem to recall seeing these in the early 70s on track bikes.
>
> Regards,
>
> Charles "Carlo" Carr
> New Orleans, Louisiana
I Replied:
The lever arm moment on wing nuts is less than an inch. With track nuts and a "peanut butter wrench" it is about 6 or 7 inches. I would worry that I could not torque down the wing nuts adequately.
Ed Feinberg
Newton, MA