At 06:38 PM 6/12/98 PDT, you wrote:
>I have never had a properly torqued grade 8 shear on me but maybe I'm
>just lucky so far. As far as the wishbone pan bolts I thought we were
>referring to the A-arm spring pan that holds the spring in place and if
>so those bolts are under tensile stresses as they hold the spring in
>compression with little or no shear stress on them hence the method of
>using longer bolts to relieve the load and thus remove the springs if
>this is not what I thought we were referring to just what is a wishbone
>pan nut?.
>
As the one that started the thread, I will respond. You are exactly right.
I was talking about the bolts that hold the a-arm spring pan in place.
Now it's down to grade 5 or 8. Which?
Philip
Burgundy 1974 Midget
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