Message text written by "Gene"
>Outside of specialty stainless steel bolts used in some areas of jet
engines and not generally available, there are no aircraft bolts in
stainless steel that should be used. I favor grade 8 over grade 5;
Grade 8 is about equal to AN (Army/Navy); NAS and MS usually are even
stronger, but maybe not necessary.
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The trade-off is that grade 8 bolts are brittle. Where a grade 5 bolt will
streach when over stressed the grade 8 will break. So ask yourself which
you would prefer for a given situation?
Dave
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