Ed;
The gov't and aircraft industry are very picky about "certs"-- not the
mints, the Certification paperwork that establishes that the fasteners are
what they claim to be.
Some time ago there were some unscrupulous people importing bolts from
questionable sources and selling them as fully MIL- SPEC fasteners. There
were failures and these were traced to inferior materials & workmanship as
well as improper heat-treatment.
People who knowingly sold those bolts should have been shot, not sent to
prison. Can you imagine what could have happened to a 747 full of bogus
sub-standard bolts?
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Odom [mailto:popms@thegrid.net]
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 3:53 PM
To: Ed Van Scoy
Cc: Bryan A. Savage Jr; DrMayf; LSR List
Subject: Re: Counterfeit bolts
One of our sponsors is Coast Nut and Bolt in Grover Beach, Ca.
I asked him about counterfeit bolts. He told me that there are several
people in federal prisons right now because of that. Seems that if you sell
bolts to the government they get really pissed if they are not what you say
they
are. If you look on the higher quality bolts you should see some kind of
vender/quality control marking. He sells to PG & E for the nuclear power
plant
and San Luis Obispo county. So he has paper work on every fastener he sells.
So
it should not be to hard to find non-counterfeit fasteners in your area.
Doug
Odom in big ditch
Ed Van Scoy wrote:
> Ditto, I would like to here more about this as well.
> Ed
>
> >Counterfeit bolts were a nightmare for me back in the late
> '80's. I went
> >to great lengths to make sure of my source.
> >I haven't seen any discussion of the subject lately, my gut
> feel is that
> >it's still something to be paranoid about.
> >Can you folks please update me?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Bryan
> >
> >DrMayf wrote:
> >
> > But for a Bonneville car...prolly not... I would
> >> worry more about counterfit bolts.
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