----- Original Message -----
From: <FordneyNJ@aol.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 11:51 PM
Subject: [TR] Replacement bolts
> Fully threaded bolts are called tap bolts. Bolts with shanks are hex cap
> screws.
> Tap bolts come ungraded or grade 5. Hex cap screws commonly as grade 5
> and grade 8. Most sources would have all of these in UNC (coarse) and
> UNF
> (fine).
>
>
> Rodney Ford
> _______________________________________________
I was taught the opposite: bolts are fasteners that have only partially
threaded shanks and those with fully threaded shanks are cap screws. A bolt
relies on a nut for its fastening capability, whereas a screw fastens by
engaging with a tapped hole in the piece to which it is securing something.
Mike
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