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grade eight?



Which bolts are you reffering to?  the K abr ones or the giant ones ont the
strut assembly, which I thought was special camber bolts anyways.  What size
is the ones you are reffering to?

On 3/25/07, Brendan Doyle <lord_verminaard@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I was curious, so I checked.  Three dashes on the head- so grade-5?  That
> should be strong enough for the lower strut bolts, right?
>
> Thanks for clearing that up though about stainless hardware.
>
> So if we need really strong corrosion-free hardware, what do we do?
>
> Brendan
> 84 Scirocco 8v <-- TDI in progress
> 01 Jeep TJ 4.0
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: LEF <rocco16@sbcglobal.net>
> To: Brendan Doyle <lord_verminaard@yahoo.com>;
> roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca; Brian McGarvey <bmcgarvey@gmail.com>
> Cc: Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 11:44:06 AM
> Subject: Re: grade eight?
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> The hardware store misled
> you.
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> Stainless steel bolts are generally (there
> are several alloys) rated at min 70,000psi tensile.
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> Even grade 5 hardware is rated at min 105,000psi
> tensile.
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> Grade 8 is around min 150,000psi
> tensile.
>
> There are no grade 8 stainless
> fasteners.
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> Do NOT count on stainless hardware to be
> especially strong stuff, guys....it is only more resistant to
> corrosion.
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> larry
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> sandiego16v
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> I went to the hardware store
> and got some grade-8 stainless bolts to go in their
> place.
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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
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