RE: Sway bar mounting bolts

[Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>]

Hmmm.  Good point.  I've never stressed a Grade 8 that much, but you're right.

Chris Kotting
ckotting@iwaynet.net

On Thursday, September 24, 1998 1:10 PM, miq@teleport.com 
[SMTP:miq@teleport.com] wrote:
> Chris Kotting says:
> > I don't know about the bolt size for the frame mounts, but I can tell you 
> > that Stainless Steel is NOT the strongest type of bolt, and probably wrong 
> > for the application.  I'm sure some of the racer types could state for 
> > certain, but I think you'd want to use Grade 8 bolts.
> 
> Actually, Grade 8 tends to shear with a clean snap at it s limit, where as
> Grade 5 will stretch first.  I'd go with Grade 5.
> 
> 
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