Dear Andy
Thanks, I suspected that would be the case, as the idea of the higher
grade bolt is supposedly less chance of failure. I believe your resident
Mech E.
Thanks!
On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Andy Ramm wrote:
=%OGood question. I just canvassed our resident mechanical engineer and
=%Onuts'n'bolts curmudgeon. He said grade 8 is not necessarily more
=%Obrittle than grade 5 and would be appropriate for use in mounting shock
=%Oabsorbers. He said that a grade 8 bold simply has a finer, more dense
=%Ocrystaline structure within the metal making it stronger. I personally
=%Oplan to use grade 8 bolts in my application.
=%O
=%OAndy
=%O
=%OJohn J. Peloquin wrote:
=%O>
=%O> Dear Dave,
=%O>
=%O> Thanks a ton for your reposting of your conversion scheme. It sounds great
=%O> to me. At the risk of starting another thread, would there be any problem
=%O> with using grade 8 or aircraft grade bolts instead of grade 5? I've seen
=%O> posts that claim the higher grade bolts are stronger, but more brittle
=%O> which might cause problems in a suspension.
=%O>
=%O> Please remember I'm not an engineer and I really don't know if that is
=%O> true or not. I'm sure the opinionated out there will let me know what they
=%O> think!
=%O>
=%O> "Never ascribe to Malice that which can be explained by Ignorance"
=%O>
=%O> John J. Peloquin
=%O> Molecular Biology &
=%O> Biochemistry
=%O> 3205 BioSciences II
=%O> UC IRVINE
=%O> Irvine, CA 92697-3900
=%O> jpeloqui@uci.edu
=%O
=%O--
=%O
=%O
=%O
=%O
=%OAndy Ramm
=%OA silver face in a tweed world.
=%ORemove obvious spam filter from email address when replying.
=%O"What we play is the blues, straight from the delta, and I believe we'll
=%Omake it on that," B.B. King
=%O
=%O
=%OBy US Code Title 47, Sec.227(a)(2)(B), Sec.227(b)(1)(C) and
=%OSec.227(b)(3)(C), it is unlawful to send any unsolicited advertisement
=%Oto this equipment. A violation of the aforementioned Section is
=%Opunishable by action to recover actual monetary loss, or $500, whichever
=%Ois greater, for each violation.
=%O
"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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