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Re: Sway bar mounting bolts

To: ckotting@iwaynet.net
Subject: Re: Sway bar mounting bolts
From: miq@teleport.com
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 10:09:30 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: carlson@navtech.com ('Curtis Carlson'), spridgets@Autox.Team.Net (spridgets@autox.team.net)
In-reply-to: <01BDE7BC.07FC8720.ckotting@iwaynet.net> from "Chris Kotting" at Sep 24, 1998 01:05:39 PM
Reply-to: miq@teleport.com
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
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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