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RE: [FOT] Suspension hardware question

To: "'Martin Sukey'" <trmarty@glwb.net>, FOT <fot@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: [FOT] Suspension hardware question
From: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 10:53:24 -0700
Depends on how whacky you are. If you go by Carroll Smith's book you
wouldn't use anything but AN bolts for anything more serious than putting a
barbeque together. The bolts that Triumph used are surprisingly good
quality, though they had a nasty habit of placing bolts in single shear and
exposing threads in the shear area. I like to use the best bits I can find
without breaking the bank or waiting three weeks for a shock bolt to show
up. So I use a lot of hardware store "grade eight" which may very well be
counterfeit from Taiwan with all the strength of rebar. But I confine them
to stuff that probably won't kill me if it fails. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@autox.team.net 
> [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Martin Sukey
> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 5:57 AM
> To: FOT
> Subject: [FOT] Suspension hardware question
> 
> Is grade 8 the proper choice for suspension hardware?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Marty
> 
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