Destructive testing was the only way I could think of to catch
them....Surprised to hear as Mayf says as much as 10% might be
sampled. I hope that the bogus bolts don't make it into the
marketplace, there is a discount bolt house in Phoenix where I
sometimes buy grade 8's by the pound, rather than by the piece
(box). Then, there is the offshore junk that you buy at Home
Depot, Lowes, etc, where I doubt if they are even a true grade 5.
Ed
---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 11:16:26 -0500
>From: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
>Subject: RE: Counterfeit bolts
>To: "'Ed Van Scoy'" <ed@vetteracing.com>
>Cc: "'Doug Odom'" <popms@thegrid.net>, "Bryan A. Savage Jr"
<basavage@earthlink.net>, DrMayf <drmayf@teknett.com>, LSR
List <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>
>Ed;
>
>I don't remember the details but I think there was a system
instituted that
>sampled the Rockwell hardness and inspected other physical
characteristics
>of sample bolts from each manufacturing lot and from each lot
that was
>already in the system. If in doubt, I'm sure they were pulled
and purged
>from the system. I think they were destroyed rather than
dumped onto the
>surplus market. Maybe someone else knows more of these details.
>
>Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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