Quality Problems with L&H Threaded Rods?

Recently I have been hearing that many customers are having quality issues with L&H threaded rods. It appears that the cleaning process they use to add their sticker in the middle of the threaded rod takes off all of the surface oil, leading to rusty rods. Some customers have been seeing rusty rods without the center label though.

Customers that hold a lot of inventory are trying to return rusty rods and are not getting much help. Any of the smaller shops that buy their L&H threaded rods through distributors like Dayton and Dallas are seeing quality issues because these rods sit at multiple warehouses prior to shipment.

I have heard of other quality issues recently, but the rust one keeps coming up in conversation. And the fact that there is not too much compassion coming from L&H themselves on the issue.  Too big to care?

Have you had any similar problems with your Threaded Rod lately? Leave them in the comments below.

How do you make a roll Threaded Rod?

 

Lots of things are often known as Threaded Rod or Double End Threaded Rod. What we are going over here is a double end threaded rod that has a un threaded piece in the center, where it will be curled into a horseshoe appearance. These are acquired through distributors or directly provided by the producer to form into U bolts. These U bolts are put to use for Class 8 (big truck) suspension replacement. Many of these are curved to size by the installation technician or purchased from the manufacturer already formed to dimension. This is from time to time undertaken when customers use many of the exact dimension in the duration of their organization processes. These users are typically shops that restore the suspensions of Mack Trucks or school buses. They may perhaps do all varieties of maintenance tasks on the vehicles, but suspension repair is very common resulting from the tons that a majority of these vehicles haul on a regular basis. U bolts fasten what are identified as leaf springs to truck chassis in order to endure the pounds of the truck’s load. Class 8 vehicles can be Buses (school or city), Long haul 18 wheelers or construction trucks. Hydraulic benders could be got for about the price of a quality pre-owned car or truck, which could be the better choice for a company to acquire depending on their yearly bending demands. They use up modest floor area and easy to set up and run. They will normally form up to 1-1/8” diameter rods, though some might go to 1-1/4”. A lot of businesses do not necessarily endeavor to bend 1-1/4” in-house, as these products are significantly more tricky to appropriately bend, even if they currently have the horsepower. Most of these bigger U bolts are normally for Mack vehicles, which also call for their own bend.
 
You can normally acquire Threaded Rod in grade 5 for 9/16” and smaller diameter rods. Grade 8 (or equivalent) is standard for 5/8” and larger, though some companies supply Grade 5. This process is not suggested as it is an lesser steel for these kinds of high strength situations. Threaded rods are regularly offered in increments of two inches long to end up with U bolts with 1 inch leg length variations. The majority of rods the business world uses may be purchased with six inches of SAE fine thread on the ends, though rods shorter than 24 inches commonly only have 3 inches of thread. This guarantees that the rollers do not impact the threads throughout the bending process.

Threaded rods are almost always roll threaded, for strength considerations as well as for expense issues. It is much quicker to roll thread, thus reducing the buying price of this commodity product. Cut threading usually takes far more and weakens the product since it is taking away metal. Rolling threading will take a slightly smaller sized diameter rod and pushes steel up to create the top of the thread. This makes for a sturdier item which has a lot of surface area interaction involving the outside thread of a rod and the inside thread of the mating nut. Rods are supplied with chamfered edges in order to start out the nut effortlessly for installation. Usually rods less than ¾” won't be offered with chamfers since usually there are much less issues with getting the nuts begun on the smaller-sized rods.

While a lot of businesses definitely will simply just buy their Threaded Rod from distributors coupled with some other hardware items, these people are usually paying a premium for this luxury. Like with a lot of other things in your life, there is a substantial price savings any time you're buying straight from the maker.