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Re: Front end rebuild

To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Front end rebuild
From: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 18:30:58 +0100
In article <3ACD9848.2406DB39@cam.ac.uk>, T. .R. Dafforn
<td214@cam.ac.uk> writes
>
>Hi all,
>Just want to tap into the the wealth of experience out in the ether!
>I'm thinking of doing a full front end rebuild on sophie ('75 1500), and
>have a few questions.
>1) are stainless bolts strong enough to be use on suspension?

That will depend on the grade of stainless you select.   I suspect
standard stainless fasteners will be 301 or 304 - neither of which are
particularly high-tensile.

ATB
Mike
-- 
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea,"
published by Greenhill Books on 28th March, 2001:
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html

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