Re: problems with muddy zook .com
Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 8:24 pm
Ahhh you want hi-tensile nuts.
Problem with stainless steel nuts and bolts is that the cheap ones are generally going to be low grade (A2-70) and not that strong.
I would only use a minimum of grade 8 nuts to hold a brake drum on. To get close to this strength with stainless you need A4-80 grade stainless and that's still not as strong as a grade 8 hi-tensile nut or bolt.
Problem with stainless steel nuts and bolts is that the cheap ones are generally going to be low grade (A2-70) and not that strong.
I would only use a minimum of grade 8 nuts to hold a brake drum on. To get close to this strength with stainless you need A4-80 grade stainless and that's still not as strong as a grade 8 hi-tensile nut or bolt.