[Tigers] Crossmember Installation Headache: Advice NeededPlease!

[Dave Munroe]

> Not when you really think about it. Think about two plates being bolted 
> together. You want the strongest part of the bolt, the unthreaded part, 
> to carry the load. If part of the bolt that is threaded in in the hole 
> then the load capacity is reduced because of the root diameter of the 
> bolt: ie smaller cross section for either shear or tension.
> 
> mayf
> dave at munroe.ca wrote:
> 
>>Hey Mayf, 
>>
>>That is, interestingly, counter-intuitive.
>>
>>Dave
!
>>Sent: 13 Jul 2010 14:04
>>
>>Actually, the grip length is the amount of the bolt that is  unthreaded, 
>>i.e., the shank of the bolt.
>>
>>mayf
>>mcdangerous at verizon.net wrote: