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Re: [Tigers] Crossmember Installation Headache: Advice Needed

To: mcdangerous@verizon.net
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Crossmember Installation Headache: Advice Needed
From: drmayf <drmayf@mayfco.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:04:52 -0700
Actually, the grip length is the amount of the bolt that is  unthreaded, 
i.e., the shank of the bolt.

mayf
mcdangerous@verizon.net wrote:

>Roger that!  Thanks.  M
>
>Jul 13, 2010 09:52:38 AM, Theo.Smit@dynastream.com wrote:
>
>Those bolts are not easily found because of their length and the grip length 
>(the amount of the bolt that is threaded). Also, they're British fine thread 
>which is almost but not quite the same as SAE: the threads are angled at 55 
>degrees and the roots and tips of the threads are rounded rather than sharp. 
>So your (SAE) die will change the thread shape somewhat - the less that you 
>thread on those bolts with the die, the better.
>
>Good luck,
>Theo 
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