Maybe it wasn't a grade 5 but a hardware grade or grade 2. Home defect
has lots of them in hardware grade.
Paul
PAsgeirsson@juno.com
On Mon, 28 Sep 1998 21:00:36 -0400 "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
writes:
>
>> I think for most of our automotive applications, Grade 5 is
>completely
>> adequate
>>
> Agreed - however this past Saturday night I found the old short
>rocker
>stand studs slightly bent when I went to install a new rocker assy in
>the
>1275. I didn't have the right stud (it is 5/16 coarse on one end and
>fine
>on the other, with a long shoulder in between). I found a long coarse
>bolt
>(grade 5, so I thought) and I cut the head off. Then I used a fine
>thread
>die to make an exact copy of the rocker stud. Tightened it down
>(something
>like 30 ft-lbs spec). Tightened it some more. And some more. The
>stud
>completely stretched. It was awesome to see (a picture of the bolt
>will go
>on the yet-to-be created web page when I document the rebuild). I
>don't
>think the bolt was hardened at all - it was way too easy to use the
>die.
>Maybe it was a Home Defect special.
>
>
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