Good question. I just canvassed our resident mechanical engineer and
nuts'n'bolts curmudgeon. He said grade 8 is not necessarily more
brittle than grade 5 and would be appropriate for use in mounting shock
absorbers. He said that a grade 8 bold simply has a finer, more dense
crystaline structure within the metal making it stronger. I personally
plan to use grade 8 bolts in my application.
Andy
John J. Peloquin wrote:
>
> Dear Dave,
>
> Thanks a ton for your reposting of your conversion scheme. It sounds great
> to me. At the risk of starting another thread, would there be any problem
> with using grade 8 or aircraft grade bolts instead of grade 5? I've seen
> posts that claim the higher grade bolts are stronger, but more brittle
> which might cause problems in a suspension.
>
> Please remember I'm not an engineer and I really don't know if that is
> true or not. I'm sure the opinionated out there will let me know what they
> think!
>
> "Never ascribe to Malice that which can be explained by Ignorance"
>
> John J. Peloquin
> Molecular Biology &
> Biochemistry
> 3205 BioSciences II
> UC IRVINE
> Irvine, CA 92697-3900
> jpeloqui@uci.edu
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