Re: Sway bar mounting bolts

[Lancer7676@aol.com]

Chris and all:

I would like to hear from some of the engineers on this one.  I always thought
that when you needed strength you should always go to a #8 bolt.  When I went
to our local fastener supplier, Knoxville Bolt and Screw, the salesman
explained that #8 bolts are more brittle than a #5, and that a #5 bolt had
some "give" or elasticity that would absorb sudden force.   His bottom line
was that #8 is not always the answer where you did not want a bolt to break
under impact. How about it, some of you people who know far more than I about
this topic?

----David