What we need are bolts made out of whatever steel railroad knuckle pins are made of. Bill Robertson #5939 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <martin@...> wrote: > > An interesting link, but not one written in the language of engineering. > Toughness, ductility, tensile strength, modulus of elasticity etc etc > etc - all play their part. It has been some time since I did my > materials course but when I was researching the source of my bolts, I > did raise a few eyebrows with the relatively low torque specified > (limited by the tube in the bush, not the bolt), and I was talking to > industrial suppliers, not automotives. > > I'm sure Bill's bolts will do the job, but care should be taken when > talking simply about tensile strength, it's not the only measure for how > good the bolt will be. And we all KNOW the 10.9's are prone to reaching > their fatigue limit and bending/breaking. > > Martin > > On 07/02/2012 18:53, Matthew wrote: > > http://www.industrialchassisinc.com/Web-blog/?p=622 > > > > > ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/