Originally Posted by timcupery
What dobber is referring to won't actually stretch the leather. He just turns the bolt back and forth to spread the oil around through the threads contact area.
Exactly, I just twitched the nut maybe an 1/8th of a turn each way, enough to break the crud bond and let the oil seep in.
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