On Tue, 20 Sep 1994, Ed Devinney wrote:
> The question is what bolt strength to use: Grade 8 may be strongest overall,
> but in this use do I actually want Grade 5, to allow some stretch rather
> than having them shear? My mechanical-enginerd friends and I went round on
> this, but we figured the race-volk would know best. Any takers?
Unless you plan to use very skinny bolts, Grade 5 will be more than
strong enough. If you hit something hard enough to stretch the bolts, you
won't be alive to notice.
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