Re: Gettin' Dumber By The Minute

Posted by Sid on July 02, 2005 at 07:58:09 from (12.156.150.161):

In Reply to: Gettin' Dumber By The Minute posted by Allan in NE on July 02, 2005 at 05:17:59:

OK OK if I may lets back up a little bit. I question some of the advice and have some questions of my own. Someone suggested a grade two bolt, a soft bolt will bend and not snap off causing damage the sheere bolt is designed to prevent. Maybe not every time but I have seen it done. Next comes the color of the bolt. allen mentioned the yellowish color of most grade eight bolts. If I go to the hardware store and buy a grade eight bolt it will be this color. This color must be a result of the tempering process or something. Can someone explain? I went out and looked in my tool box to see what grade my NH shear bolts are and they were not marked but they were black not shiny. I see these colored bolts a lot in applications were a good quality bolt is important and you would want a hardened bolt. Again why are they black. The bolt Allen took out may have not been the right bolt. It seems to me that a bolt that is too soft has the potential of causing as much if not more damage.

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