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2008-10-12 Thread larry flesner
I've ordered hundreds of bolts from Wicks, many in onesies and twosies, and >not once did they send me the wrong one. You order bolts from Wicks by part number, not by grip or length. >Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL += I agree with Mark. I've b

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2008-10-12 Thread Mark Langford
Larry Flesner wrote: > Something you builders just starting out might want to consider is > adding a few bolts and other hardware to each order you place. > It doesn't take long to build a nice inventory on hand and you don't > have to wait or pay shipping each time you need a bolt. This is an ex

KR>Problems with Wicks

2008-10-12 Thread Scott Cable
I've forwarded several of the responses to my friend... I'm hoping this is just a non-issue, and he resolves this on his own. I know that when I have ever ordered ANYTHING from Wicks, the order has been 100% correct, weather I was ordering Bolts, or Kevlar or BID. --- Mark Langford wrote: > Scott

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2008-10-12 Thread boeing757me...@aol.com
Well in all my years of working for a airline I have never and I mean NEVER had an engineer send down a repair or modification that called out the right length fasteners. The bolts are always to short and the rivets to long. I'm not saying you friend doesn't know what he is doing but ther

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2008-10-12 Thread Ron Freiberger
Aircraft fasteners are specified by length, and no amount of bad mouthing Wick's will change that. I have had the misfortune of having errors in my order by Wicks, and thet have ALWAYS handled the issue in a very businesslike, customer oriented manner. Freindly, courteous, cheerful must have

KR>Problems with Wicks

2008-10-12 Thread Scott Cable
Recently, a very good friend of mine who's building a LongEze, and a Midget Mustang, has been having some problems with Wicks getting their Bolt Lengths correct. Wicks was sending him bolts that were consistantly 5 or 6 grip lengths different, when he called them on it, the Warehouse supervisor was

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2008-10-12 Thread VIRGIL N SALISBURY
Just talk to Donny, Virg On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 09:33:15 -0800 (PST) Scott Cable writes: > Recently, a very good friend of mine who's building a > LongEze, and a Midget Mustang, has been having some > problems with Wicks getting their Bolt Lengths > correct. > Wicks was sending him bolts that

KR>Problems with Wicks

2008-10-12 Thread Mark Langford
Scott Cable wrote: > The Wick's Warehouse Supervisor was sending him bolts > based on Total Length, NOT Grip Length. And then had > told my friend that that's how they have been doing it > for the last 30 years. I've ordered hundreds of bolts from Wicks, many in onesies and twosies, and not once